ERIC Number: EJ1473209
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 7
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ISSN: ISSN-0744-8481
EISSN: EISSN-1940-3208
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COVID-19 Worry, Coping Techniques, and Sleep-Related Impairment
Journal of American College Health, v73 n4 p1865-1871 2025
Objective: To examine associations among college students' worry about COVID-19, use of healthy and unhealthy coping techniques, and sleep-related impairment. Participants: The sample consisted of 366 undergraduate students (M[subscript age] =19.48 ± 1.76 years, 63.4% women; 62.6% college freshman). Methods: University students completed a series of questionnaires. Results: COVID-19 worry significantly predicted greater sleep-related impairment ([beta] = 0.27, t = 5.23, p < 0.001). Students who implemented unhealthy coping strategies experienced more sleep-related impairment ([beta] = 0.24, t = 4.82, p < 0.001), whereas students employing healthy coping strategies reported less sleep-related impairment ([beta] = -0.19, t = -3.88, p < 0.001). Unhealthy coping moderated relations between COVID-19 worry and sleep-related impairment, such that the relationship between COVID-19 worry and sleep-related impairment was stronger among students reporting average (at the mean) to high (+1 SD) unhealthy coping scores. Conclusions: Engaging in unhealthy coping techniques emerged as a significant risk factor for worse sleep among college students.
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Coping, Stress Management, Sleep, Undergraduate Students, Anxiety, Predictor Variables, Risk, Student Characteristics, Health Behavior
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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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Author Affiliations: 1Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA