Dr. Robbins' Book Sleep for Success!

Given the present, stress-inducing state of the economy and world, there has never been a better time to provide a wake-up call on how to relax, get centered, get 7 to 8 hours of sleep, and be happier and more successful. Recent research has shown us that when we get enough sleep, we are able to accomplish more in less time and with less stress and greater health.

"New ways to jumpstart your entire life - it's all here!"

- Ken Blanchard, co-author of
The One Minute Manager

Published Scientific Research

Dr. Robbins conducts research on how to help individuals, communities, and coporations get better sleep. She conducts empirical research on the small changes we can make tonight to drastically improve our productivity, our efficiency, and our health. Her research, published in the peer-reviewed literature is below:

Book & Encyclopedia Chapters

1. Maas J, Robbins R, Fortgang, R, Driscoll, S. (2011). Adolescent Sleep. In Encyclopedia of Adolescence (Vol. 1, pp. 56 – 66). San Diego, California: Academic Press.

2. Maas J & Robbins R. (2011). Sleep for success! Everything you need to know about sleep but are too tired to ask. Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse.

3. Lee S, Chandra J, Robbins R, & Buxton OM. (2019). Sleep and Health in the Workplace. In M Grandner (Ed.), Sleep and Health. New York, NY: Elsevier.

4. Robbins, R., Williams, N., Seixas, A., Blank J, Kim B, Nunes J, & Jean-Louis G (2019). Race as a social determinant of sleep health. In D Duncan, S Redline, & Kawachi I (Eds.), The Social Epidemiology of Sleep. Oxford University Press, USA.

5. Robbins R, DiClemente R, Duncan DT, Zeepvat J, & Allegrante JP. (2020). Wearable Devices for Health-Related Data. In J. Van den Bulck (Ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Media Psychology. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119011071.iemp0054

6. Robbins R, J. Van den Bulck. (2022). Sleep. In E. Ho, C. Bylund, J. van Weert
Editors (Eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Health Communication. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Peer Reviewed Journals

1. Niederdeppe J, Lee T, Robbins R, Kim K, Kresovich A, Kirshenblat D, and Fowler E. Content and effects of exposure to news stories about uncertain cancer causes and preventive behaviors on cancer fatalism, confusion and information overload. Health Communication, 2014;29(4):332-46.

2. Robbins R, Niederdeppe J, Lundell H, and Meyerson J. Views of city, county, and state policymakers about childhood obesity in New York State, 2010-2011. Preventing Chronic Disease. 2013;10:E195. http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd10.130164

3. Robbins R and Niederdeppe J. Using the Integrative Model of Behavioral Prediction to identify promising message strategies to promote healthy sleep behavior among college students. Health Communication. 2015;30(1):26-38. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2013.835215

4. Robbins R and Wansink B. Employee health codes of conduct: what would they look like and who wants to accept them? International Journal of Workplace Health Management. 2015;8(3): 214-229. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJWHM-01-2014-0002

5. Robbins R. Social conversation and its relationship to sleep behavior among college students. Sleep Health, 2015;1: 304-310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2015.09.012

6. Robbins R and Wansink B. (2016). The 10% solution: Tying managerial evaluation and promotion to workplace wellness efforts. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. 2016; 21(4): 494-503. https://doi.org/ 10.1037/a0039989

7. Robbins R and Niederdeppe J. How Online Peer-to-Peer Conversation Shapes the Effects of a Message About Healthy Sleep. Prevention Science. 2016;18(2):141-151. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11121-016-0688-6

8. Wansink B and Robbins R. Which Design Components of Nutrition Infographics Make Them Memorable and Compelling? American Journal of Health Behavior. 2016;40(6):779-787. https://doi.org/ 10.5993/AJHB.40.6.10

9. Williams NJ, Robbins R, Rapoport D, Allegrante JP, Cohall A, Ogedegbe G, and Jean-Louis G Tailored approach to sleep health education (TASHE): Study protocol for a web-based randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2017;17, 585. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-016-1701-x

10. Robbins R, Krebs P, Jagannathan R, and Duncan D. Health App Use Among US Mobile Phone Users: Analysis of Trends by Chronic Disease Status. JMIR MHealth and UHealth. 2017;5(12), e197. https://doi.org/10.2196/mhealth.7832

11. Robbins R, Senathirajah Y, Wiliams NJ, Hutchinson C, Rapoport DM, Allegrante, J, Cohall A, Ogedegbe O, and Jean-Loui, G. Developing an online health communication tool for promoting awareness about sleep apnea among blacks. Health Communication. 2018. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2018.1423865

12. Robbins R, Krebs, P, Jean-Louis G, and Dustin D. Mobile sleep tracking in a National sample of US adults. Health Communication. 2018;1-7. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2017.1422104

13. Knowlden A, Robbins R, and Grandner M. Social cognitive models of fruit and vegetable consumption, physical activity, and sleep behavior in overweight and obese men. Health Behavior Review. 2018;1 (2). https://doi.org/10.4148/2572-1836.1011

14. Robbins R, Seixas A, Jean-Louis G, Parthasarathy S, Rapoport DM, Ogedegbe G, and Ladapo J. Examining sleep difficulty diagnosis and treatment in cardiovascular patients in medical visits 2007 to 2012. PlosOne. 2018;13(5), e0196981. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0196981

15. Robbins R and Jean-Louis G. Sleep at Work: The Economic and Societal Argument for Workplace-Based Health Promotion Tailored to Shift Workers. American Journal of Health Promotion. 2018;32(7), 1641–1644. https://doi.org/10.1177/0890117118790621d

16. Loeb S, Sengupta S, Butaney M, Macaluso JN, Czarniecki SW, Robbins R and Langford A. Dissemination of misinformative and biased information about prostate cancer on YouTube. European Urology. 2018;75(4):564-567. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2018.10.056

17. Robbins R, Butler M and Schoenthaler A.The association of physician burnout, stress, and the quality of doctor-patient communication. Patient Education & Counseling. 2018;33(7):1109–1115. https://10.1007/s11606-018-4434-6

18. Robbins R and Niederdeppe J. Testing the role of narrative and gain-loss framing in messages to promote sleep hygiene among high school students. Journal of Health Communication. 2019: 24(1):84-93. https://10.1080/10810730.2019.1581305

19. Robbins R, Jean-Louis G, Gallagher RA, Hale L, Branas CC, Gooneratne N, Alfonso-Miller P, Perlis M and Grandner M. Examining Social Capital in Relation to Sleep Duration, Insomnia, and Daytime Sleepiness. Sleep Medicine. 2019;60: 156-172. https://10.1016/j.sleep.2019.03.019

20. Robbins R, Grandner M, Buxton OM, Hale L, Buysse DJ, Knutson K, Patel SR, Troxel WM, Youngstedt S, Czeisler CA, and Jean-Louis G. Sleep myths: An expert-led study to identify false beliefs about sleep that impinge upon population sleep health practices. Sleep Health. 2019;5(4),409–417.

21. Robbins R, Seixas A, Walton Masters L, Chanko N, Diaby F, and Jean-Louis G. Sleep Tracking: A Systematic Review of the Research Using Commercially Available Technology. Current Sleep Medicine Reports. 2019;5: 156-163. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40675-019-00150-1

22. Robbins R, Underwood P, Jackson CL, Jean-Louis G, and Buxton OM. Employee sleep and workplace health promotion: A systematic review. American Journal of Health Promotion. 2019;33(7) 1009-1019. https://10.1177/0890117119841407

23. Bastien C, Ellis J, Athey A, Chakravorty SC, Robbins R, Knowlden A, Charest J, and
Grandner M. Driving after drinking alcohol associated with insufficient sleep and insomnia among student athletes and non-athletes. Brain Sciences. 2019; 9(2) piiE46. 10.3390/brainsci9020046

24. Robbins R, Jean‐Louis G, Chanko N, Combs P, Byrne N, and Loeb S. Using data from an online health community to examine the impact of prostate cancer on sleep. BJU International. 2020;125(5):634-635. https://doi.org/10.1111/bju.14986

25. Robbins R, Affouf M, Seixas A, Avirappattu G, Beaugris L, and Jean-Louis G. Analyzing trends in sleep duration and quality across 4 years and 2 million nights of data from users of a tracking smartphone application (app) located in New York City. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2020;22(2):e14735. 10.2196/14735

26. Jean-Louis G, Robbins R, Williams NJ, Allegrante AP, Rapoport DM, Cohall A, and Ogedegbe G. Tailored Approach to Sleep Health Education (TASHE): A randomized controlled trial of a web-based application. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 2020;16(8). https://doi.org/10.5664/jcsm.8510

27. Chung A, Seixas A, Williams NJ, Senathirajah Y, Robbins R, Newsome-Garcia V, Ravenell J, and Jean-Louis G. Development of the Advancing People of Color in Clinical Trials (ACT Now!): A web-based randomized controlled trial. JMIR Research Protocols. 2020;9(7). https://doi.org/10.2196/17589

28. Robbins R, Sonnega A, Turner R, Jean-Louis G, and Langa K. Sleep Difficulties and Cognition for 10 Years in a National Sample of U.S. Older Adults. Innovation in Aging. 2020;4(4). https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa025

29. Czeisler MÉ, Tynan MA, Howard ME, Honeycutt S, Fulmer EB, Kidder DP, Robbins R, Barger LK, Facer-Childs ER, Baldwin G, Rajaratnam SMW, and Czeisler CA. Public Attitudes, Behaviors, and Beliefs Related to COVID-19, Stay-at-Home Orders, Nonessential Business Closures, and Public Health Guidance—United States, New York City, and Los Angeles, May 5-12, 2020. MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 2020;69(24), 751–758. https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6924e1

30. Czeisler MÉ, Lane RI, Petrosky E, Wiley JF, Christensen A, Njai R, Weaver MD, Robbins R, Facer-Childs ER, Barger LK, Czeisler CA, Howard ME, and Rajaratnam SMW. Mental Health, Substance Use, and Suicidal Ideation During the COVID-19 Pandemic—United States, June 24-30, 2020. MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 2020;69(32), 1049–1057. https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6932a1

31. Petrov ME, Long L Grandner MA, MacDonald LA, Cribbet MR, Robbins R, Cundiff JM, Molano JR, Hoffmann CM, Wang X, Howard G, and Howard VJ. Racial differences in sleep duration intersect with sex, socioeconomic status, and U.S. geographic region: The REGARDS study. Sleep Health. 2020;6(4), 442-450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2020.05.004

32. Weaver MD, Robbins R, Quan SF, O’Brien CS, Viyaran N, Czeisler CA, and Barger LK. Association of sleep disorders with physician burnout. JAMA Network Open. 2020;(10), e2023256. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.23256

33. Robbins R, Grandner M, Knowlden A, and Severt K. Examining hotel attributes related to guest sleep satisfaction and overall satisfaction: Opportunities for improving the hotel guest sleep experience. Tourism and Hospitality Management. 2020;21(2):144-155. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1467358420961544

34. Czeisler MÉ, Tynan MA, Howard ME, Honeycutt S, Fulmer EB, Kidder DP, Robbins R, Barger LK, Facer-Childs ER, Baldwin G, Rajaratnam SMW, and Czeisler CA. Public Attitudes, Behaviors, and Beliefs Related to COVID-19, Stay-at-Home Orders, Nonessential Business Closures, and Public Health Guidance - United States, New York City, and Los Angeles, May 5-12, 2020. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 2020;69(24), 751–758. https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6924e1

35. Czeisler MÉ, Lane RI, Petrosky E, Wiley JOF, Christensen A, Njai R, Weaver MD, Robbins R, Facer-Childs ER, Barger LK, Czeisler CA, Howard ME, R and Rajaratnam SMW. Mental Health, Substance Use, and Suicidal Ideation During the COVID-19 Pandemic - United States, June 24-30, 2020. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 2020;69(32):1049-1057. doi:10.15585/mmwr.mm6932a1

36. Czeisler MÉ, Garcia-Williams AG, Molinari N-A, Gharpure R, Li Y, Barrett CE, Robbins R, Facer-Childs ER, Barger LK, Czeisler CA, Rajaratnam SMW, and Howard ME. Demographic Characteristics, Experiences, and Beliefs Associated with Hand Hygiene Among Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic - United States, June 24-30, 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020; 69(41):1485-1491. doi:10.15585/mmwr.mm6941a3

37. Robbins R, Weaver MD, Quan SF, Rosenberg E, Barger LK, Czeisler CA, and Grandner MA. Employee Sleep Enhancement and Fatigue Reduction Programs: Analysis of the 2017 CDC Workplace Health in America Poll. American Journal of Health Promotion. 2021. 10.1177/0890117120969091

38. Robbins R, DiClemente RJ, Troxel A, Jean-Louis G, Butler M, Rapoport D, and Czeisler CA. Sleep medication use and incident dementia in a nationally representative sample of older adults in the US. Sleep Medicine. 2021;79,183–189. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2020.11.004

39. Robbins R, DiClemente RJ, Ejikeme C, Crusto CA, and Taylor JY. Examining Mother-Reported Poor Sleep and Blood Pressure in Black/African American Mother-Child Dyads. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 2021;36(2):116-123. doi:10.1097/JCN.0000000000000749

40. Robbins R, Affouf M, Weaver MD, Czeisler MÉ, Barger LK, Quan SF, and Czeisler CA. Nocturnal sleep episode duration before and during COVID-19 in five major metropolitan areas on three different continents. The Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2021;23(2):e20546, doi:10.2196/20546

41. Robbins R, Quan SF, Weaver MD, Bormes G, Barger LK, and Czeisler CA. Examining sleep disturbance and sleep deficiency and dementia and mortality among older adults across 5 years of follow-up. Aging, 2020;13(3):3254-3268, doi:10.18632/aging.202591

42. Czeisler MÉ, Howard ME, Robbins R, Barger LK, Facer-Childs ER, Rajaratnam SMW, and Czeisler CA. Early public adherence with and support for stay-at-home COVID-19 mitigation strategies despite adverse life impact: A transnational cross-sectional survey study in the United States and Australia. BMC Public Health. 2021;21(1), 503. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10410-x

43. Robbins R, Weaver MD, Barger LK, Wang W, Quan SF, and Czeisler CA. Sleep difficulties, incident dementia and all-cause mortality among older adults across 8 years: Findings from the National Health and Aging Trends Study. Journal of Sleep Research. 2021.https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.13395

44. Loeb S, Rada M, Perez-Rosas V, Xu A, Taylor J, Byrne N, Dawn Walter, Ness M, Robbins R, Zhang S, Killeen T, Natesan D, and Borno HT. Leveraging Social Media as a Thermometer to Gauge Patient and Caregiver Concerns: COVID-19 and Prostate Cancer. European Urology Open Science. 2021;25: 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euros.2020.12.008.

45. Czeisler MÉ, Kennedy JL, Wiley JF, Facer-Childs ER, Robbins R, Barger LK, Czeisler CA, Rajaratnam SMW, and Howard ME. Delay or avoidance of routine, urgent and emergency medical care due to concerns about COVID-19 in a region with low COVID-19 prevalence: Victoria, Australia. Respirology. 2021;26(7):707-712. https://doi.org/10.1111/resp.14094

46. Robbins R, Weaver MD, Czeisler MÉ, Barger LK, Quan SF, and Czeisler CA. Associations between changes in daily behaviors and self-reported feelings of depression and anxiety about the COVID-19 pandemic among older adults. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab110

47. Ursache A, Robbins R, Chung A, Dawson-McClure S, Kamboukos D, Calzada EJ, Jean-Louis G, and Brotman LM. Sleep, Classroom Behavior, and Achievement Among Children of Color in Historically Disinvested Neighborhoods. Child Development. 2021 Sep;92(5):1932-1950. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13590

48. Robbins R, Hays RD, Calderón JL, Seixas A, Garcia VN, Chung A, and Jean-Louis G. The Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Survey of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Functional Health Literacy. Sleep Medicine Research. 2021;12(1), 64-73. https://doi.org/10.17241/smr.2021.00885

49. Robbins R, Underwood P, Jackson CL, Jean-Louis G, Madhavaram S, Kuriakose S, Vieira D, and Buxton OM. A Systematic Review of Workplace-Based Employee Health Interventions and Their Impact on Sleep Duration Among Shift Workers. Workplace Health & Safety. 2021; 69(11), 525–539. https://doi.org/10.1177/21650799211020961

50. Czeisler MÉ, Rohan EA, Melillo S, Matjasko JL, DePadilla L, Patel CG, Weaver MD, Drane A, Winnay SS, Capadilupo ER, Robbins R, Wiley JF, Facer-Childs E, Barker LK, Czeisler CA, Howard ME, and Rajaratnam SMW. Mental Health Among Parents of Children Aged <18 Years and Unpaid Caregivers of Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic - United States, December 2020 and February-⁠March 2021. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021;70(24):879-887. doi:10.15585/mmwr.mm7024a3

51. Robbins R, Weaver MD, Barger LK, Quan SF, Zhivotovsky S, and Czeisler CA. The Hidden Cost of Caregiving: The Association Between Self-Assessed Caregiving-Related Awakenings and Nighttime Awakenings and Workplace Productivity Impairment Among Caregivers to Older Adults in the US. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2021; 64(1), 79-85. https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000002355

52. Robbins R, Chong SK, Chou A, Yang J, Liang, ALJ, Chanko N, Trinh-Shevrin C and Kwon SC. A Qualitative Study of Sleep and Daily Routines From Focus Groups With Chinese and Bangladeshi American Older Adults Living in New York City. Journal of Gerontological Nursing. 2021;47(12), 35-41. https://doi.org/10.3928/00989134-20211109-07

53. Robbins R, Quan SF, Barger LK, Czeisler CA, Fray-Witzer M, Weaver MD, Zhang Y, Redline S, and Klerman EB. Self-reported sleep duration and timing: A methodological review of event definitions, context, and timeframe of related questions. Sleep Epidemiology. 2021;1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleepe.2021.100016

54. Batool-Anwar S, Robbins R, Ali SH, Capasso A, Foreman J, Jones AM, Tozan Y, DiClemente RJ, and Quan SF. Examining Changes in Sleep Duration Associated with the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Who is Sleeping and Who is Not? Behavioral Medicine. 2021;0(0), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/08964289.2021.2002800

55. Robbins R, Weaver MD, Quan SF, Sullivan JP, Cohen-Zion M, Glasner L, Qadri S, Czeisler C A, and Barger LK. A clinical trial to evaluate the dayzz smartphone app on employee sleep, health, and productivity at a large US employer. PloS One. 2022;17(1), e0260828. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260828

56. Robbins R, Yi F, Chobotar T, Hawkins S, Putt D, Pepe J, and Manoucheri M. Evaluating “The REST of your Life,” a workplace health program to improve employee sleep, health, energy, and productivity. American Journal of Health Promotion. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1177/08901171211069357

57. Robbins R., Dudley KA, Monten KN, Le C, Hanes S, Patel SR, & Bertisch SM. A Health Communication Assessment of Web-based Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patient Education Materials. ATS Scholar. 2022. https://doi.org/10.34197/ats-scholar.2021-0055OC