Cognitive, Attitudinal, and Behavioral Predictors of College Sleep and Health

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Peach, H. (2015). Cognitive, Attitudinal, and Behavioral Predictors of College Sleep and Health. Unc Charlotte Electronic Theses And Dissertations.
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Abstract

College students are one of the top at-risk groups for chronic sleep loss and poor sleep quality, therefore research devoted to the identification of cognitive, attitudinal, and behavioral predictors of sleep is essential. The present study examined predictors of both self-reported and actigraphic measures of sleep quality and quantity, as well as tested direct and indirect associations of sleep with salient physical and mental health outcomes within a sample of American college students (N = 142). Results demonstrated that attitudes but not knowledge predicted self-reported sleep duration, self-reported sleep quality, sleep hygiene behaviors, and actigraphic measures of weekday and weekend sleep duration. In turn, self-reported sleep quality predicted subjective well-being and depression, and sleep hygiene yielded indirect effects via sleep quality. Actigraphic measures of sleep duration predicted body mass index, while actigraphic measures of sleep efficiency, a component of sleep quality, predicted diastolic blood pressure and depression. Sleep hygiene yielded indirect effects on blood pressure via sleep efficiency. Results shed light on the predictive validity of attitudes towards sleep and sleep hygiene, as well as inform application efforts targeting the improvement of sleep and health outcomes among the college population.

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Author

Peach, Hannah

Title

Cognitive, Attitudinal, and Behavioral Predictors of College Sleep and Health

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1 online resource (103 pages) : PDF

Date

2015

Degree Granting Institution

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Abstract

College students are one of the top at-risk groups for chronic sleep loss and poor sleep quality, therefore research devoted to the identification of cognitive, attitudinal, and behavioral predictors of sleep is essential. The present study examined predictors of both self-reported and actigraphic measures of sleep quality and quantity, as well as tested direct and indirect associations of sleep with salient physical and mental health outcomes within a sample of American college students (N = 142). Results demonstrated that attitudes but not knowledge predicted self-reported sleep duration, self-reported sleep quality, sleep hygiene behaviors, and actigraphic measures of weekday and weekend sleep duration. In turn, self-reported sleep quality predicted subjective well-being and depression, and sleep hygiene yielded indirect effects via sleep quality. Actigraphic measures of sleep duration predicted body mass index, while actigraphic measures of sleep efficiency, a component of sleep quality, predicted diastolic blood pressure and depression. Sleep hygiene yielded indirect effects on blood pressure via sleep efficiency. Results shed light on the predictive validity of attitudes towards sleep and sleep hygiene, as well as inform application efforts targeting the improvement of sleep and health outcomes among the college population.

Genre

doctoral dissertations

Subjects--Topics

Psychology
Medical sciences

Degree

Ph.D.

Keywords

Blood Pressure
Body Mass Index
College
Health
Sleep
Sleep Hygiene

Subject Area

Health Psychology

Advisor(s)

Gaultney, Jane

Committee Members

Reeve, Charlie
Harver, Andrew
Marino, Joseph

Degree Note

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2015.

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