TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Sleep quality mediates the relationship between traumatic events, psychological distress, and suicidality in college undergraduates
JO  - Journal of American college health
A1  - Berg, Sergey S.
A1  - Rosenau, Parker S.
A1  - Prichard, J. Roxanne
SP  - 1611
EP  - 1614
VL  - 70
IS  - 6
N2  - OBJECTIVES: To determine whether sleep quality mediates the relationship between traumatic life events and psychological wellbeing in college students. <br><br>METHODS: 40,646 undergraduate responses from the Spring 2017 National College Health Assessment II were evaluated for relationships between two predictor variables: satisfactory sleep and traumatic life events, and two outcome variables: psychological distress (a composite of anxiety, exhaustion, feeling overwhelmed, depression, sadness, loneliness, hopelessness, and anger) and suicidality (composite of self-harm behaviors, suicidal ideation, suicide attempts). Linear mediation regression analysis via structural equation modeling was used to test these relationships. <br><br>RESULTS: Each additional traumatic life event students reported experiencing was associated with a 27.6% - 58.9% increase in the odds of reporting indicators of psychological distress or suicidality. Satisfactory sleep significantly mediated this negative relationship (proportional effects between 10.6 and 12.5%). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Healthy sleep mediates the impact of traumatic life events on psychological distress and suicidality.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0744-8481
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2020.1826493
ID  - ref1
ER  -