College Students’ Prevalence of Sleep Hygiene Awareness and Practices
| Autor: | Abbey G. White, Walter C. Buboltz, Nathalie A Campsen, Victoria A. Felix |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Sleep hygiene 030504 nursing 020205 medical informatics Sleep quality media_common.quotation_subject 02 engineering and technology Sleep in non-human animals Mental health Medical Terminology Poor sleep 03 medical and health sciences Intervention (counseling) 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering medicine Quality (business) Wakefulness 0305 other medical science Psychology Psychiatry Medical Assisting and Transcription Clinical psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal. 4 |
| ISSN: | 2055-0286 |
| DOI: | 10.14738/assrj.44.2767 |
| Popis: | Research has consistently found that college students report short sleep length and poor sleep quality. As a result of their poor sleep quality, there is concern that college students may struggle with issues associated with academic performance, physical health, and mental health. Previous research has investigated a multitude of factors that may contribute to poor sleeping behaviors, including sleep hygiene awareness and practices. The current study found that participants were obtaining less than the recommended average hours of sleep. Results indicated an almost equal number of participants reported poor sleep quality, average sleep quality, and good sleep quality. Results also indicated that between 40-50% of the sample reported difficulties related going to bed, falling asleep, maintaining sleep, reinitiating sleep, and returning to wakefulness. Although participants in the present study reported sleep hygiene awareness, their knowledge is not associated with their sleep practices. Based on these results, it may be implied that improving or increasing sleep hygiene knowledge is not an intervention that would be effective in improving sleep hygiene practices. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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