Daniel Bonnar

Flinders University · College of Education, Psychology and Social Work

The overall aim of the present study was to examine the daily patterns and relationships between sleep behavior, anxiety, mood (i.e., depression symptoms) and cognitive performance (i.e., reaction time) in esports athletes competing in an Oceanic Rocket League Championship Series regional event. Sixteen participants completed a daily sleep diary, e...

The present study investigated the influence and perspective of esports coaches and support staff on the sleep habits of esports athletes competing at professional and semiprofessional levels. Eighty-four esports coaches and support staff from 19 countries completed an online questionnaire. The first section obtained demographic information. The se...

Objective Insomnia, even when comorbid with other diagnoses is an independent health issue that warrants treatment. Cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) is the recommended first-line treatment. Although the science is clear that CBT-I supports outcomes for those with mental ill health, the routine use of CBT-I in mental health context...

This study evaluated a brief sleep intervention designed to improve the sleep, mood, and cognitive performance of professional electronic sports (esports) athletes from three major esports regions (i.e., Asia, North America, and Oceania). Fifty-six esports athletes from South Korea (N = 34), the United States (N = 7), and Australia (N = 15) complet...

Esports is becoming increasingly professionalized, yet research on performance management is remarkably lacking. The present study aimed to investigate the sleep and mood of professional esports athletes. Participants were 17 professional esports athletes from South Korea (N = 8), Australia (N = 4), and the United States (N = 5) who played first pe...

Background and Objective Although sleep is a potentially important determinant of performance in esports, there have been no published data on the sleep behavior of professional esports athletes. The aim of this study is to investigate sleep aspects and sleep risk factors in esports athletes. Methods Thirty-four esports athletes were compared with...

Introduction Esports is becoming increasingly professionalized, yet research on performance management is remarkably lacking. The present study aimed to investigate sleep and mood in professional esports athletes. Methods Participants were 17 professional esports athletes from South Korea (8), Australia (4) and the US (5) who played First Person S...

Esports is a booming global industry and has been officially included in the lead-up to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Given that esports is a cognitive based activity, and sleep is well known to be critical for optimal cognitive functioning, our research group recently proposed that sleep might be an important determinant of esports performance. The...

Background: Development induces changes in sleep, and its duration has been reported to change as a function of aging. Additionally, sleep timing is a marker of pubertal maturation, where during adolescence, the circadian rhythm shifts later. Typically, this is manifested in a later sleep onset in the evening and later awakening in the morning. Th...

Over the last decade, Esports, defined as a form of organized video game competition, has emerged as a global phenomenon. The professional players who compete in Esports, namely, Eathletes, share many similarities with their traditional athlete counterparts. However, in sharp contrast to traditional athletes, there is a paucity of research investig...

Background: Athletes experience various situations and conditions that can interfere with their sleep, which is crucial for optimal psychological and physiological recovery as well as subsequent performance. Conventional sleep screening and intervention approaches may not be efficacious for athletes given their lifestyle, the demands of training a...

Sleep restriction is prevalent during adolescence and is associated with a range of adverse outcomes, including daytime, academic, physical (e.g., hypercholesterolemia), and psychological (e.g., depression) impairments. Despite possessing sleep-disrupting properties and holding a central role in the modern adolescent diet, caffeine's potential as a...

Objectives: The current study aimed to evaluate school-based motivational sleep education programs (SEP) with adjunct bright light therapy (BLT) and/or parental involvement (PI). Design: Randomized controlled trial. Setting: Six high schools, matched on SES. Participants: 193 adolescents (mean age = 16.3±0.4yrs, 79%f) Intervention: Classes were ran...

The study examined people's spatial memory of a small-scale array of objects. Earlier work has primarily relied on short-retention intervals, and to date it is not known whether performance is affected by longer intervals between learning and recall. In the present investigation, university students studied seven target objects. Recall was tested i...