Annotated Bibliography

Andrade, Alexandro, et al. "Sleep quality, mood and performance: a study of elite Brazilian
volleyball athletes." Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, vol. 15, no. 4, 2016, p.
601+.
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182. Accessed 21 Dec. 2018.

This article starts with a brief description about the effects of mood on athletic
performance, and then delves into the strong correlation between mood and sleep. This study
specifically analyzed the relationship between sleep, mood, and game results in men and women
volleyball players in Brazil. The researchers used the Brunel Mood Scale and a questionnaire on
sleep quality to collect data on the athletes during their volleyball competitions. The experiment
discovered that increased confusion levels correlated with decreased sleep quality. The increased
confusion has negative effects on athletic performance. Higher tension was also associated with
more times waking up in the night. Lastly, they concluded that sleep has positive effects on
recovery after sporting events.
This peer-reviewed journal was written by Alexandro Andrade, Guilherme G.
Bevilacqua, Danilo R. Coimbra, Fabiano S. Pereira and Ricardo Brandt, all from
institutes/universities in South America. All six of these experts focus primarily on how sleep
affects athletes and how athletics affect sleep. Each of the authors is made easy to contact, such
as Alexandro Andrade, whose email is easily accessible online. This journal has broad and deep
coverage. First, it is broad because it includes an introduction that gives details on both mood
and its measurements and sleep and its effects on mood. It is also deep coverage because it
describes the experiment in full detail after introducing mood, sleep, and athletics. For example,
when the authors are explaining their methods and the materials that they used, they write “The
BRUMS has been demonstrated to have Cronbach alpha values above 0.70 and is a reliable tool
used to measure the mood of Brazilian athletes. The instrument consisted of 24 items and six
subscales assessing mood.” This current article was published in December of 2018. This source
is very accurate because the introduction claim that mood and sleep are related can be
corroborated with a Harvard University article that asserts, “Sleep and mood are closely
connected; poor or inadequate sleep can cause irritability and stress, while healthy sleep can
enhance well-being.The website that this journal is posted on provides a very clear purpose and
audience for every journal published in it: “JSSM is an electronic journal aims to present easy
access to the scientific knowledge for sport-conscious individuals using contemporary methods.”
This journal reflects this statement because it is easily accessible and provides information on a
specific study that increases knowledge on how different athletics affect sleep.