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The Effects of Sleep on Body Image: Examining the Roles of Depression, Perceived Stress, and Anxiety
Peer reviewed
Direct linkDiane L. Rosenbaum; Meghan M. Gillen; Steven A. Bloomer – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: Although health and wellness behaviors are associated with positive body image, research is limited regarding the relationship between sleep and positive body image. We propose that negative affective states may link sleep and body image. Specifically, we examined whether better sleep may relate to positive body image through reductions…
Descriptors: Sleep, Self Concept, Human Body, Depression (Psychology)
Saha, Sanjoy; Okafor, Hilary; Biediger-Friedman, Lesli; Behnke, Andrew – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: To gather research evidence on the association between diet and depression and anxiety among college students. Methods: Systematic searches were performed in CINAHL, PsycINFO, PubMed, and ScienceDirect databases to identify potentially relevant articles published between January 2000 and September 2020. Data were extracted from 21…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety, College Students
Beck Graefe; Padideh Lovan; Alyssa Lozano; Yannine Estrada; Guillermo Prado – American Journal of Health Education, 2024
Background: There is an established link between depression and drug use among adolescents. This relationship holds true for Hispanic youth, for whom familial relationships are especially impactful toward health outcomes. Purpose: Our purpose was to examine the relationships between family functioning and adolescent and parent depressive symptoms,…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Drug Abuse, Hispanic Americans, Family Relationship
Ahmed M. Asfahani – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: This study aimed to examine the antecedents, correlates, and consequences of burnout among higher education faculty in Saudi Arabia using the theoretical framework of the job demands-resources model. Design/methodology/approach: Using a quantitative research design, a cross-sectional survey was employed to collect data from faculty…
Descriptors: Teacher Burnout, College Faculty, Foreign Countries, Stress Variables
Bin Wan; Danni Peng-Li; Juan Chen; Peilin Xu; Dong Sun; Qi Chen; Jinyue Li; Mengxin Wang; Shuyu Zheng; Liwei Fan; Xusen Wu; Junqiu Hu; Jiajie Chen; Zengjian Wang – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: The present study aims to examine whether secondhand smoke exposure (SHSE) in university students can affect three indices of self-satisfaction related to depression as indiced by appearance, weight, and freedom of life choice. Participants: We collected data from 740 nonsmoking students in the summer of 2018, of which 57.84% were…
Descriptors: Smoking, College Students, Environmental Influences, Depression (Psychology)
Garr, Katlyn; Odar Stough, Cathleen; Godfrey, Lisa M.; Ley, Sanita L. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: Weight change is common during the first year of college and may be related to different outcomes for men and women. This study examined the moderating effects of gender on the association between weight change and college adjustment and depressive symptoms. Participants: One-hundred and eighty-one 18-19-year-old college freshmen (56.9%…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Adjustment, Gender Differences, Body Weight
Oliver W. A. Wilson; Chris Bullen; Michele Duffey; Melissa Bopp – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To examine the association between vaping and health behaviors (physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, sleep, cigarette use, alcohol consumption) and mental health among college students. Methods: Socio-demographic characteristics, vaping, health behaviors, perceived stress, and depressive symptoms of undergraduates…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Smoking, Physical Activity Level, Eating Habits
Relations of Cognitive Styles, Depressive Symptoms, and Blood Pressure in Community College Students
Pössel, Patrick; Roane, Sarah J. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: We proposed cognitive styles described in the Hopelessness Theory would be associated with depressive symptoms and Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) and that depressive symptoms mediate these associations. Participants: This cross-sectional study had 324 community college student participants (ages: 18 to 62 years, M = 24.08, SD = 9.10;…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Depression (Psychology), Physiology, Community College Students
DeLaney, Eryn N.; Williams, Chelsea Derlan; Elias, Maria J.; Walker, Chloe J.; Smith, Tricia H.; Adkins, Amy; Lozada, Fantasy T.; Dick, Danielle M. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Racial discrimination is associated with adverse mental health outcomes among Students of Color. In order to address racial tensions, it is important to consider students' dialogues about race. The current study tested whether having positive and negative conversations about one's ethnic-racial group mediated the relation between racial…
Descriptors: Racial Discrimination, Depression (Psychology), College Students, Minority Group Students
Sun, Anqi; Peng, Weiwei; Ansari, Arya; Li, Xile; Xu, Yue; Yan, Ni – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
The current study addressed whether mothers' explicitly expressed and implicitly held attitudes towards infant crying (n = 71) differ with each other and how these two types of attitudes relate to mothers' depressive symptoms during the transition to parenthood. Neither mothers' explicit nor implicit attitudes towards infant crying predicted…
Descriptors: Mothers, Infants, Crying, Parent Attitudes
Seth J. Schwartz; Beyhan Ertanir; Audrey Harkness; Byron L. Zamboanga; Melissa L. Bessaha; John B. Bartholomew; Alan Meca; Minas Michikyan; Maria Duque; Pablo Montero-Zamora; Claudia López-Madrigal; Linda G. Castillo; Miguel Ángel Cano; Kaveri Subrahmanyam; Brandy Piña-Watson; Pamela Regan; Lindsay S. Ham; Marissa K. Hanson; Charles R. Martinez Jr. – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: We examined the role of personal identity vis-à-vis COVID-related outcomes among college students from seven U.S. campuses during spring/summer 2021. Participants: The present sample consisted of 1,688 students (74.5% female, age range 18-29). The sample was ethnically diverse, and 57.3% were first-generation students. Procedures:…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, College Students, Self Concept
Foley, Sarah; Devine, Rory T.; Hughes, Claire – Developmental Psychology, 2023
This study examined the development of caregiver mind-mindedness--defined as the propensity to see one's child as an agent with an independent mind--across the first 1,000 days of life. At four timepoints (i.e., third trimester of pregnancy, 4, 14, and 24 months postpartum), 384 first-time mothers (M[subscript age] = 32.55, SD = 3.63 years) and…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Mothers, Fathers, Infants
Levkovich, Inbar; Shinan-Altman, Shiri; Pressley, Tim – Teacher Educator, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed significant demands on teachers. After the state of emergency was lifted, schools reopened and teachers began teaching face-to-face classes while maintaining safety precautions. Insufficient empirical research has examined the situation of teachers since the schools reopened. This study aimed to assess the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Coping
Preonas, Peter D.; Lau-Barraco, Cathy – Journal of American College Health, 2021
Rates of co-occurring depression and alcohol use are higher among college students than in the general population. Further research is needed to illuminate how the mechanisms with which individuals process negative emotions may clarify the link between depressive symptoms and drinking. Objective: To assess how three potential mediators…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Affective Behavior, Emotional Response, Drinking
Wootton, Angie R.; Rice, Dylan R.; McKowen, Anna Laura W.; Veldhuis, Cindy – Health Education & Behavior, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to increases in U.S. residents' stressors while limiting many of the resources previously available to cope with stress. Coping behaviors may contribute to the prevention or proliferation of psychological distress during and after the pandemic. Understanding these coping behaviors and associated psychological outcomes…
Descriptors: Coping, Depression (Psychology), Psychological Patterns, Stress Variables
