The purpose of the research was to examine the sleep habits of students of the Faculty of Sport and to assess the reliability of a new questionnaire. We used the “Athlete Sleep Behaviour Questionnaire (ASBQ)” by Matthew W. Driller, Cheri D. Mah and Shona L. Halson. The questionnaire was translated into Slovenian language, and its internal reliability was assessed using the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. The study included 152 students from the Faculty of Sport, who were attending any of the undergraduate study years during the academic year 2023/24.
The research revealed that the questionnaire lacked reliability, as the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient for the overall questionnaire only provided acceptable reliability, and none of the individual dimensions met the expected standards. Furthermore, we examined whether there were statistically significant differences in sleep habits among students in our sample. As expected, no differences were found between male and female participants; however, contrary to our assumptions, we did not find any differences among participants with different levels of sports activity.
Overall, students from the Faculty of Sport exhibited poor sleeping habits. We would not recommend the questionnaire for further use as the results indicate it does not provide acceptable reliability.
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