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Sleep in the Social World of College Students: Bridging Interpersonal Stress and Fear of Missing Out with Mental Health
Introduction: The college years are characterized by psychosocial and biological phenomena that may impact mental health, such as heightened sensitivity to social stressors and compromises in sleep quantity and quality. The current study uses a biopsychosocial approach to examine the associations am...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7071423/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32041120 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs10020054 |
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author | Adams, Sue K. Murdock, Karla K. Daly-Cano, Meada Rose, Meredith |
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description | Introduction: The college years are characterized by psychosocial and biological phenomena that may impact mental health, such as heightened sensitivity to social stressors and compromises in sleep quantity and quality. The current study uses a biopsychosocial approach to examine the associations among interpersonal stress, Fear of Missing Out (FoMO), insomnia, and mental health. Methods: Survey data were collected from 283 undergraduate students (90% female) with a mean age of 21.4 years. A path analysis was utilized to test a mediational model linking interpersonal stress and FoMO with mental health through a mediator of insomnia. We hypothesized that higher levels of interpersonal stress and FoMO would be associated with higher levels of insomnia symptoms, which would in turn be associated with poorer mental health. Results: As predicted, insomnia partially mediated significant associations of interpersonal stress and FoMO with mental health. The association of interpersonal stress with insomnia and mental health was more robust than the association of FoMO with these variables. Conclusions: The pathway from interpersonal stress and/or FoMO, through insomnia, to compromises in mental health may be modifiable through behavioral interventions focusing on coping skills, sleep hygiene, and even technology-related habit changes. Recommendations to help disrupt this pathway, particularly among college students, are discussed. |
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spelling | pubmed-70714232020-03-19 Sleep in the Social World of College Students: Bridging Interpersonal Stress and Fear of Missing Out with Mental Health Adams, Sue K. Murdock, Karla K. Daly-Cano, Meada Rose, Meredith Behav Sci (Basel) Article Introduction: The college years are characterized by psychosocial and biological phenomena that may impact mental health, such as heightened sensitivity to social stressors and compromises in sleep quantity and quality. The current study uses a biopsychosocial approach to examine the associations among interpersonal stress, Fear of Missing Out (FoMO), insomnia, and mental health. Methods: Survey data were collected from 283 undergraduate students (90% female) with a mean age of 21.4 years. A path analysis was utilized to test a mediational model linking interpersonal stress and FoMO with mental health through a mediator of insomnia. We hypothesized that higher levels of interpersonal stress and FoMO would be associated with higher levels of insomnia symptoms, which would in turn be associated with poorer mental health. Results: As predicted, insomnia partially mediated significant associations of interpersonal stress and FoMO with mental health. The association of interpersonal stress with insomnia and mental health was more robust than the association of FoMO with these variables. Conclusions: The pathway from interpersonal stress and/or FoMO, through insomnia, to compromises in mental health may be modifiable through behavioral interventions focusing on coping skills, sleep hygiene, and even technology-related habit changes. Recommendations to help disrupt this pathway, particularly among college students, are discussed. MDPI 2020-02-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7071423/ /pubmed/32041120 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs10020054 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Adams, Sue K. Murdock, Karla K. Daly-Cano, Meada Rose, Meredith Sleep in the Social World of College Students: Bridging Interpersonal Stress and Fear of Missing Out with Mental Health |
title | Sleep in the Social World of College Students: Bridging Interpersonal Stress and Fear of Missing Out with Mental Health |
title_full | Sleep in the Social World of College Students: Bridging Interpersonal Stress and Fear of Missing Out with Mental Health |
title_fullStr | Sleep in the Social World of College Students: Bridging Interpersonal Stress and Fear of Missing Out with Mental Health |
title_full_unstemmed | Sleep in the Social World of College Students: Bridging Interpersonal Stress and Fear of Missing Out with Mental Health |
title_short | Sleep in the Social World of College Students: Bridging Interpersonal Stress and Fear of Missing Out with Mental Health |
title_sort | sleep in the social world of college students: bridging interpersonal stress and fear of missing out with mental health |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7071423/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32041120 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs10020054 |
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