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- Title
Sleep and College Satisfaction.
- Authors
Woodard, Melissa A.; Jechura, Tammy J.; Elias, Elizabeth P.
- Abstract
College students face a number of obstacles to achieving proper sleep hygiene and this could have an impact on their overall college experience, as much as on their day-to-day functioning. The current study was designed to assess the relationship between sleep and satisfaction with overall college experience. It was hypothesized that poorer sleep, including fewer hours of sleep and lower quality of sleep, would be correlated with a more negative view of one's college experience. Students currently enrolled in a small midwestern college (n=74; 52 females) were assessed for sleep quantity and quality using a modified version of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (adapted from Buysse et al., 1988). A second questionnaire, adapted from the Satisfaction with Life Scale and the Index for Job Satisfaction (Brayfield & Rothe, 1951; Diener et al., 1985), was used to measure satisfaction with college experience. Results revealed that individuals with better sleep hygiene also had higher college satisfaction levels. Additionally, a mediational regression showed that mood mediates the relationship between sleep and college satisfaction. This implies that greater sleep disturbance leads to a more negative mood in students which, in turn, leads to less satisfaction with college experience.
- Subjects
SLEEP &; psychology; PSYCHOLOGY of college students; SLEEP hygiene; SLEEP disorders in adolescence; SATISFACTION
- Publication
North American Journal of Psychology, 2017, Vol 19, Issue 3, p573
- ISSN
1527-7143
- Publication type
Article