Sleep, Affect, and Emotion Reactivity in First-Year College Students: A Daily Diary Study

Rea, Elizabeth M.; Santiago, Catherine DeCarlo; Nicholson, Laura; Egbert, Amy H.; Bohnert, Amy M.

doi:10.1007/s12529-022-10127-0

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“…A possible explanation can be decreasing response rates, or that factors of importance for occupational balance are not captured with the questionnaire in the current study. For instance, it is common for students to work alongside their academic studies, which may affect their occupational balance 21. Another explanation for the contradictory findings can be the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on students in higher education.…”

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“…The reduced percentage of students without sleeping problems53 may affect academic success in higher education since sleeping problems are associated with poorer academic performance,18 54 and women are more severely affected than men 55. Balancing time commitments between academic studies and social life can be difficult for students in higher education and may contribute to the lack of adequate sleep duration, especially for first-year students who are adjusting to the university environment 21. This calls for sleep interventions among students to improve their health outcomes and overall academic performance 55…”

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“…Sleep allows the body and brain to recover17 and may contribute to balance in life for students during higher education 20. A sufficient amount of sleep may also positively affect the following day and occupational balance among students during higher education 21. Research shows that only one-third of students in higher education follow sleep recommendations,20 and less than half of the students report good sleep quality without sleeping problems 22.…”

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“… 20 A sufficient amount of sleep may also positively affect the following day and occupational balance among students during higher education. 21 Research shows that only one-third of students in higher education follow sleep recommendations, 20 and less than half of the students report good sleep quality without sleeping problems. 22 Sleeping well may be positively influenced by physical activity among students, but evidence is scarce.…”

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Occupational balance and associated factors among students during higher education within healthcare and social work in Sweden: a multicentre repeated cross-sectional study

Larsson,

Ahlstrand,

Larsson

et al. 2024

BMJ Open

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ObjectiveThe aim was to explore whether occupational balance is associated with health, health-promoting resources, healthy lifestyle and social study factors among students during higher education within healthcare and social work.DesignThe study has a multicentre repeated cross-sectional design. Data were collected via a self-reported, web-based questionnaire based on the validated instruments: the 11-item Occupational Balance Questionnaire (OBQ11), the Sense of Coherence (SOC) Scale, the Salutogenic Health Indicator Scale (SHIS) and five questions from the General Nordic Questionnaire (QPS Nordic) together with questions about general health and lifestyle factors.SettingStudents at six universities in western Sweden at one of the following healthcare or social work programmes: biomedical scientists, dental hygienists, nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, radiology nurses and social workers.ParticipantsOf 2283 students, 851 (37.3%) participated.ResultsThe students experienced that occupational balance increased during education. The total OBQ11 score was higher among students in semesters 4 and 6/7, compared with semester 1 students. Students with higher OBQ11 also reported higher SOC throughout their education, while health seemed to decrease. Students who reported higher levels of OBQ11 reported lower levels of health and well-being in semesters 4 and 6/7, compared with semester 1. There was an opposite pattern for students reporting lower levels of OBQ11.ConclusionsThe association between higher levels of OBQ11 and lower levels of health and well-being is remarkable. There is a need for more research on this contradiction and what it means for students’ health and well-being in the long run.

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Occupational balance and associated factors among students during higher education within healthcare and social work in Sweden: a multicentre repeated cross-sectional study

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Ahlstrand,

Larsson

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BMJ Open

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“…Compared to previous longitudinal actigraphy studies, where sleep is typically recorded over a few days to 2 weeks 35, [47][48][49]74 , we collected data over a longer period of 2-6 weeks. This approach yields more accurate estimations of sleep variability and the effects associated with it 75 .…”

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Assessing ‘Readiness’ by Tracking Fluctuations in Daily Sleep Duration and their Effects on Daily Mood, Motivation, and Sleepiness

Alyssa,

Massar,

Bei

et al. 2023

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Study Objectives: Consumer sleep trackers issue daily guidance on ‘readiness’ without clear empirical basis. We investigated how self-rated mood, motivation, and sleepiness (MMS) levels are affected by daily fluctuations in sleep duration, timing, and efficiency and overall sleep regularity. We also determined how temporally specific these associations are.Methods: 119 healthy university students (64 female, mean age=22.54±1.74 years) wore a wearable sleep tracker and undertook twice-daily smartphone-delivered ecological momentary assessment of mood, motivation, and sleepiness at post-wake and pre-bedtime timings for 2-6 weeks. Naps and their duration were reported daily. Nocturnal sleep on 2471 nights were examined using multilevel models to uncover within-subject and between-subject associations between sleep duration, timing, efficiency, and nap duration on following day MMS ratings. Time-lagged analyses examined the temporal specificity of these associations. Linear regression models investigated associations between MMS ratings and sleep variability, controlling for sleep duration.Results: Nocturnal sleep durations were short (6.03±0.71h), and bedtimes were late (1:42AM±1:05). Within-subjects, nocturnal sleep longer than a person’s average was associated with better mood, higher motivation, and lower sleepiness after waking. Effects of such longer sleep duration lingered for mood and sleepiness till the pre bedtime window (all ps<.005) but did not extend to the next day. Between-subjects, higher intraindividual sleep variability, but not sleep duration, was associated with poorer mood and lower motivation after waking. Longer average sleep duration was associated with less sleepiness after waking and lower motivation pre-bedtime (all ps<.05). Longer naps reduced post-nap sleepiness and improved mood. Controlling for nocturnal sleep duration, longer naps also associated with lower post-waking sleepiness on the following day.Conclusions: Positive connections between nocturnal sleep and nap duration with MMS are temporally circumscribed, lending credence to the construction of sleep-based, daily ‘readiness’ scores. Higher sleep duration variability lowers an individual’s post waking mood and motivation.

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Time‐lagged associations of mindfulness and self‐regulation with affect and cognition: An ecological momentary assessment study

Aggarwal,

Chen,

Lee

et al. 2024

Mental Health Science

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Mindfulness and self‐regulation practice have shown benefits in reducing emotional disorders and improving cognitive outcomes. This study uses ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to examine time‐lagged associations of momentary mindfulness and self‐regulation on affective and cognitive outcomes within college students' natural environments. College students (n = 186) received six surveys per day for seven consecutive days in 2021, 2022, and 2023 using the Expiwell application. Each survey measured students' momentary affect, perceived cognition, mindfulness, and self‐regulation levels. Due to nested data structure, multilevel models were used for analysis. Findings from 4982 EMA surveys revealed that higher levels of momentary mindfulness and self‐regulation at one‐time point were positively associated with perceived cognition (β = 0.102, p < 0.001; β = 0.054, p < 0.05) and positive affect (β = 0.061, p < 0.01; β = 0.057, p < 0.05), and negatively associated with negative affect (β = −0.023, p < 0.005; β = −0.019, p < 0.05) at the subsequent timepoints within a day, after controlling for between‐person associations and other covariates. Higher states of momentary mindfulness and self‐regulation were associated with enhanced affect and cognition at later timepoints within a day. Given these associations, targeting health interventions to induce more frequent practice of mindfulness and self‐regulation in students' daily routines could be a potential way to improve their momentary affect and cognition.

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Sleep, Affect, and Emotion Reactivity in First-Year College Students: A Daily Diary Study

Cited by 4 publications

References 60 publications

Occupational balance and associated factors among students during higher education within healthcare and social work in Sweden: a multicentre repeated cross-sectional study

Occupational balance and associated factors among students during higher education within healthcare and social work in Sweden: a multicentre repeated cross-sectional study

Assessing ‘Readiness’ by Tracking Fluctuations in Daily Sleep Duration and their Effects on Daily Mood, Motivation, and Sleepiness

Time‐lagged associations of mindfulness and self‐regulation with affect and cognition: An ecological momentary assessment study

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