André Oliveira, Beatriz Pereira, Camila Aguiar, Pedro Rosário, Paula Magalhães
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Abstract
Background: Bedtime procrastination (BP) is an increasingly prevalent behavior with detrimental outcomes for individuals. Three reasons for BP have been identified: Deliberate procrastination, mindless procrastination, and strategic delay. Developing an instrument to assess the reasons for BP allows better identification of patterns of behaviors and tailored interventions. The present study aims to develop and study the psychometric properties of the Reasons for Bedtime Procrastination Scale (RBPS).
Method: The study sample included adults living in Portugal (N = 653). Validity and reliability analyses were conducted.
Results: Principal component analysis suggested that the RBPS is composed of two factors (factor 1 - deliberate and mindless reasons; factor 2 - strategic reasons). Confirmatory factor analysis supported the two-factor structure of the scale (e.g., CFI = .984; TLI = .976 RMSEA = .053). The scale demonstrated good internal consistency, with a Cronbach's alpha coefficient of .85 for factor 1, and of .72 for factor 2. Convergent validity was supported by significant correlations with the number of activities people engage in before going to bed, BP, bedtime gap, fall-asleep time gap, and wake-up time gap.
Conclusions: The RBPS appears to represent a reliable way of assessing reasons for BP in the general adult population.
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La revista Psicothema fue fundada en Asturias en 1989 y está editada conjuntamente por la Facultad y el Departamento de Psicología de la Universidad de Oviedo y el Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos del Principado de Asturias. Publica cuatro números al año. Se admiten trabajos tanto de investigación básica como aplicada, pertenecientes a cualquier ámbito de la Psicología, que previamente a su publicación son evaluados anónimamente por revisores externos. Psicothema está incluida en las bases de datos nacionales e internacionales más relevantes, entre las que cabe destacar Psychological Abstracts, Current Contents y MEDLINE/Index Medicus, entre otras. Además, figura en las listas de Factor de Impacto del Journal Citation Reports. Psicothema es una revista abierta a cualquier enfoque u orientación psicológica que venga avalada por la fuerza de los datos y los argumentos, y en la que encuentran acomodo todos los autores que sean capaces de convencer a los revisores de que sus manuscritos tienen la calidad para ser publicados. Psicothema es una revista de acceso abierto lo que significa que todo el contenido está a disposición de cualquier usuario o institución sin cargo alguno. Los usuarios pueden leer, descargar, copiar, distribuir, imprimir, buscar, o realizar enlaces a los textos completos de esta revista sin pedir permiso previo al editor o al autor, siempre y cuando la fuente original sea referenciada. Para acervos y repositorios, se prefiere que la cobertura se realice mediante enlaces a la propia web de Psicothema. Nos parece que una apuesta decidida por la calidad es el mejor modo de servir a nuestros lectores, cuyas sugerencias siempre serán bienvenidas.
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