| Sumario: | Background: Poor sleep quality and academic expectations stress are common health problems in adolescents. Objective: The objective of this research was to determine the relationship between adolescents' academic expectations stress and sleep quality. Methodology: The study was a cross-sectional survey among adolescents aged 10-17 years. Results: The average age of the adolescents in the study was 14.37±2.19. The participants of this study were middle school (52.3%) and high school students (47.7%). The study was completed with a total of 1161 adolescents. Data were collected through data collection form, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and Academic Expectations Stress Inventory between March and May 2017. This study found that both sleep quality scores (7.27±3.15) and stress scores related to academic expectations (32.13 ± 7.77) of high school students were significantly higher than that of middle school students, (5.69±3.22;17.06±5.65), p<0.05. The stressful situations of the students regarding academic expectations and the age variable together showed a significant relationship on sleep quality (R2 = 0.137, F (2, 1158) = 90.532), and it was observed that it caused a 13.7% change in the sleep quality score. Conclusions: This study showed that adolescents are more likely to experience poor sleep quality and academic expectations stress as they get older.
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