University students are a ‘high risk’ population in terms of adverse outcomes, often reporting poor sleep quality, poor wellbeing, and poor nutrition; all of which are crucial to establishment and maintenance of good mental and physical health and positive academic outcomes. Additionally, university students tend to experience moderate bedtime procrastination; a behaviour linked to increased risk of depression, anxiety, and stress. The overarching aim of the current study was to examine the PERMA wellbeing predictors of sleep, nutrition, and bedtime procrastination in first-year psychology students. To address this, 327 first-year Psychology students from the University of Canterbury completed a battery of questionnaires administered via an online survey to assess their sleep quality, nutrition, bedtime procrastination, and wellbeing. Results indicated that participants had high rates of poor sleep quality, poor nutrition, moderate bedtime procrastination, and relatively good wellbeing. In terms of wellbeing predictors, sleep quality was predicted by positive emotion, nutrition was predicted by accomplishment, and bedtime procrastination was found to be predicted by engagement. These results provide novel findings and support for, as well as expansion of, existing research in the fields of wellbeing, sleep, nutrition, and bedtime procrastination. The current study contributes further to our understanding of these relationships in addition to informing targeted interventions that may lead to improved sleep quality, bedtime procrastination, nutrition, and wellbeing outcomes for university students
