Evaluation of the Framing Effect on Risk-Taking Behaviors in Sleep Restriction
Project no. 29577 · Status: Kapanmış (Yayın bekleniyor) · 2023
Summary
<p>The current study researched how 4 hours of sleep restriction time in bed for 7 days affected risk-taking behaviors in line with the framing effect (risk-taking in loss, avoiding risk in gain) on 19 young adult participants with a healthy sleep pattern. In this respect, a 4-hour sleep restriction period for one week, an ad-lib sleep period for one week, and an 8-hour well-rested sleep period for one week were applied to each participant for three weeks. Sleep pattern of each participant was tracked with activity watches which provided to them. Participants were invited to lab and tests were applied to examine risk-taking behaviors on the next day following the last night of both sleep restriction and a well-rested sleep period. These tests consist of three different risk tasks: Unusual Risk Task, Balloon Analog Risk Task with partial feedback, and the Lottery Choice Task without feedback. At the end of risk tasks, participants completed the Purpose in Life section of the Scales of Psychological Well-being to examine the Purpose in Life condition of being a mediator between the framing effect and sleep periods. It was received a result that the sleep protocol used to create sleep periods was successfully applied when analyzed based on the sleep device data used in the study and the participants' sleepiness and caffeinated beverage consumption evaluations. However, it was concluded that sleep restriction did not make a significant difference on risk tasks in line with the framing effect. Similarly, it was concluded that Purpose in Life does not have a mediator effect on the relationship between sleep periods and the framing effect.</p>