One explanation for this gap is a failure in self-regulation or self-control. Our capacity for self-control is already at its lowest at the end of the day, which may facilitate sleep procrastination.
Sleep procrastination may result from people who have an evening chronotype who are forced to try to adapt to schedules designed for “early birds.” In revenge, sacrificing sleep for leisure time may also be seen not as a failure of self-control but rather an attempt to find recovery time in response to stress.
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