The purpose of this project was to examine the relationship between sleep and stress. The sleep
patterns of 16 participants (16-24 years of age) were monitored for a period of three consecutive
days. A sleep journal was kept to record what time each participant fell asleep and woke up.
Each night for three days blood pressure was taken for each of the 16 participants. In addition,
each participant was asked to take two different types of surveys such as a perceived stress scale
as well as a pre- and post- sleep scale. The data was analyzed and the conclusion was drawn that
sleep and stress are not correlated with each other. Over a three day period, the average amount
of sleep received each night was not significantly correlated to daily levels of stress.