ERIC Number: EJ1220671
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-0744-8481
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A Person-Centered Analysis of Sleep and Emotion Dysregulation: Short- and Long-Term Links with Depression and Alcohol Use
Semplonius, Thalia; Willoughby, Teena
Journal of American College Health, v67 n5 p486-496 2019
Objective: Our objective was to examine the co-occurrence of sleep problems and emotion dysregulation and its short- and long-term links to depressive symptoms and alcohol use in a sample of university students. Method: Participants included 1132 first-year university students from Southern Ontario (70.5% women). Time 1 data were collected in February/March, 2010, and Time 2 data (n = 746) were collected in February/March, 2014. Participants were surveyed about sleep problems and emotion dysregulation (Time 1), and depressive symptoms and alcohol use (Times 1 and 2). Results: A latent class analysis revealed four groups: (1) Low Co-Occurrence, (2) Sleep Problems Only, (3) Emotion Dysregulation Only, and (4) High Co-occurrence. Group 4 had more depressive symptoms than all other groups in both the short- and long-term. Conclusions: First year university students with high co-occurrence of sleep problems and emotion dysregulation may be a target group for programs focused on reducing adjustment difficulties.
Descriptors: Sleep, Emotional Problems, Depression (Psychology), Drinking, College Freshmen, Foreign Countries, Student Adjustment, Mental Health, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale
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