Relationships of Sleep Duration With Weight-Related Behaviors of U.S. College Students. Issue 5 (2nd September 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Quick, Virginia; Byrd-Bredbenner, Carol; Shoff, Suzanne; White, Adrienne A.; Lohse, Barbara; Horacek, Tanya; Colby, Sarah; Brown, Onikia; Kidd, Tandalayo; Greene, Geoffrey
• Is Part Of: Behavioral sleep medicine. Volume 14:Issue 5(2016)
• Page Start: 565
• Page End: 580
• Publication Date: 2016-09-02
• Subjects: Sleep disorders -- Periodicals; Sleep -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; 616.8498
• DOI: 10.1080/15402002.2015.1065411
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1540-2002

Abstract

Abstract : This study describes sleep behaviors of U.S. college students ( N = 1, 252; 18–24 years old; 59% female) and examines associations of sleep duration with weight-related behaviors. More than one quarter of participants slept < 7 hr/night and had mean Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) scores indicating poor sleep quality. There were significant differences for all PSQI scales among sleep duration categories, < 7 hr ( n = 344), 7–8 hr ( n = 449), ≥ 8 hr ( n = 459) sleep/night. Compared to those who slept ≥ 8 hr, those who slept < 8 hr had significantly more negative eating attitudes (2% higher), poorer internal regulation of food (4% lower), and greater binge eating (4% higher) scores. Findings advocate for health care professionals to evaluate sleep behaviors of college students during office visits and promote good sleep behaviors.