Abstract

The study is about the impact of sleep deprivation on a high school student. It is a research study conducted to learn what are the common reason and effects of lack of sleep on a high school student. This research is a qualitative research design and the participants were chosen through the non-probability purposive sampling method. The study involves five participants of which all of whom experienced or still experiencing being sleep-deprived. The answer was acquired through the use of a questionnaire wherein the participants were asked to write their responses.
The research studied how sleep deprivation affects the academic performance of a student. The researchers' findings showed that the respondents tend to procrastinate at times; this is why they start and finish late at night. Also, they've also learned that it really affects their performance at school depending if they got sufficient or insufficient sleep - wherein it affects their focus and memory. Overall, this research shows that there are more disadvantages than advantages to having a lack of sleep. Even when one finishes all their school work at night, it will greatly affect and be shown the next day because they would be sleepy, lazy, or unproductive.