Background: Sleep quality is a clinical structure and a complex phenomenon
that is subjective to measurement. Most psychologists consider personality as
the most important and fundamental subject of psychology and this issue is
undoubtedly effective in lifestyle and human behavior. Therefore, this study
aims to investigate the relationship between personality type and sleep quality
in students was performed. Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional
descriptive-analytical study that was conducted in 2020. The study population
consisted of all students living in dormitories of Behbahan Faculty of Medical
Sciences. The instruments used in this study were the Pittsburgh
Questionnaire (PSQI) to measure and evaluate the quality and patterns of
sleep and the Ratus A and B personality type questionnaire to determine the
personality type. Also, SPSS 22 statistical software was used to analyze the
data. Results: Of 109 participants, 53.2% were boys and 46.8% were girls. 98.2%
were single and the rest were married. The correlation between personality
type and sleep quality was negative but not statistically significant (P =
0.37).Conclusion: The results indicate that there is no significant relationship
between sleep quality and personality types andit can be said that personality
types are not effective on sleep.
