Iranian Journal of Motor Behavior and Sport Psychology

Health Related Consequences of Participating in Football Academies: The Effect of Training Time of the Day on the Sleep Quality of Adolescent Boys

https://doi.org/10.22034/ijmbsp.2022.355440.1047
Volume 2, Issue 3
Autumn 2022
Iranian Journal of Motor Behavior and Sport Psychology

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Ali Pashabadi 1
Mohammad Khazaei 2
Morteza Esmaeili 3
Nastaran Saki Silakhour 4
Zahra Gholami Marjaghal 4

1 PhD, Department of Motor Behavior, Faculty of Sport sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran

2 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Sports Ssychology, Faculty of Sports Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

3 Ph.D. Candidate , Department of Exercise Physiology, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran

4 MSc Student, Department of Motor Behavior, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract
The sleep quality is one of the important factors in the optimal development of children and adolescents, which is affected by exercise. Participation in sports for leisure purpose, optimizing the health effects of exercise is still a topic of debate among sports science researchers. The present study aimed to investigate time of the day (morning/evening) effect of training on ​​the sleep quality of male adolescents participating in football training programs in football’s academies in Tehran city. The study was retrospective and its population included all male adolescents who applied to participate in football training classes in football’s academies in west and south-west of Tehran. Considering the entering criteria of study, 115 adolescents (56 morning and 59 evening) participated in current research. The groups chose their presence voluntarily and contently and voluntarily cooperated in the study. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) was used to evaluate sleep quality. Data was analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance test. The results showed a significant difference between the overall sleep quality of the participants in the morning and evening (p<0.005) which means the adolescents who participated football training in the evening reported a higher sleep quality than the morning training group. Therefore, according to the results of the research, if children or adolescents who participate in sports programs in order to health or improving sleep quality, it is preferable to attend in the evening hours.

Keywords

Circadian
Sleep Quality
Football Academies
Youth Sports
Subjects
  • Receive Date 29 August 2022
  • Revise Date 26 October 2022
  • Accept Date 06 November 2022

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