Diurnal performance of university students’ chronotypes

Authors

  • Pavol Pivovarniček Matej Bel University, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
  • Dominika Kondrátová Matej Bel University, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
  • Ľudmila Jančoková Matej Bel University, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
  • Tomáš Malý Charles University, Prague, Czechia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14198/jhse.2018.132.09

Keywords:

Evening performance, Jump abilities, Morning performance, Reaction time, Tapping frequency

Abstract

The aim of the study was to investigate the differences between chronotypes of university students (n = 19) during morning and evening physical performance parameters: reaction time (RT), tapping frequency (TF) and jump abilities (JA). The results did not show differences between a chronotype’s morning vs. evening performance (RT: F(2.16) = 0.279, p > 0.05, η2 = 0.03 vs. F(2.16) = 0.255, p > 0.05, η2 = 0.03; TF: F(2.16) = 0.869, p > 0.05, η2 = 0.10 vs. F(2.16) = 0.402, p > 0.05, η2 = 0.05; SJ: F(2.16) = 0.136, p > 0.05, η2 = 0.02 vs. F(2.16) = 0.022, p > 0.05, η2 = 0.002 and CMJ: F(2.16) = 0.068, p > 0.05, η2 = 0.01 vs. F(2.16) = 0.051, p > 0.05, η2 = 0.01). There were no differences (p > 0.05) between groups of chronotypes from the point of view of diurnal performance. It follows that it will not be important when our examined group – young people (university students) will realize the physical activity (concerning mainly RT, TF and JA) from the point of view of time of day (despite of different chronotypes).

Funding

This project was supported by VEGA 1/0795/15, VEGA 1/0583/18 and GACR 16-21791S

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2018-06-20

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Pivovarniček, P., Kondrátová, D., Jančoková, Ľudmila, & Malý, T. (2018). Diurnal performance of university students’ chronotypes. Journal of Human Sport and Exercise, 13(2), 375–383. https://doi.org/10.14198/jhse.2018.132.09

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Sport Medicine, Nutrition & Health