eprintid: 10069
rev_number: 5
eprint_status: archive
userid: 1
dir: disk0/00/01/00/69
datestamp: 2009-11-18 12:00:52
lastmod: 2022-07-18 01:24:20
status_changed: 2012-08-16 08:14:13
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Erlacher, Daniel
creators_name: Schredl, Michael
creators_name: Lakus, Gregor
title: Subjective Sleep Quality prior to Home and Away Games for Female Volleyball Players
ispublished: pub
subjects: ddc-300
divisions: i-100500
keywords: athletes, sport, first night effect
abstract:      In the field of professional team sports, anecdotal reports about athletes who experience disturbed sleep in the night prior to away games due to changes in the sleep environment have been published. Ten semi-professional female volleyball players participated in the study. Subjective sleep quality was psychometrically recorded prior to a home game, an away game, and two training days. The night before the away game the players slept in a hotel. The players reported poor sleep quality and a higher frequency of nocturnal awakenings for the night prior to the away game in comparison to the nights prior to the home game and the training days. One might speculate that the poor sleep quality reported during nights spent away from home interferes with performance during sports games, and therefore contributes to the so-called home advantage. Future studies should correlate sleep parameters with performance to corroborate this assumption. 
date: 2009
date_type: published
id_scheme: ojs
official_url: https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/IJoDR/article/view/412
ppn_swb: 1402558147
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-opus-100692
language: eng
bibsort: ERLACHERDASUBJECTIVE2009
full_text_status: none
publication: International Journal of Dream Research
volume: 2
number: 2
pagerange: 70-72
citation:   Erlacher, Daniel ; Schredl, Michael ; Lakus, Gregor  (2009) Subjective Sleep Quality prior to Home and Away Games for Female Volleyball Players.  International Journal of Dream Research, 2 (2).  pp. 70-72.