ArticleNeuropsychiatric disease and treatment2018
Investigation on dysfunctional beliefs and attitudes about sleep in Chinese college students.
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- Reliability and validity of the cancer-related dysfunctional beliefs and attitudes about sleep scale in cancer patients.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- The differing relationships between academic discipline, sleep hygiene, and dysfunctional sleep attitudes on sleep quality and duration in Canadian university students.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Marital status and living apart affect sleep quality in male military personnel: a study of the China's Navy during COVID-19.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Effects of dysfunctional beliefs about sleep on sleep quality and mental health among patients with COVID-19 treated in Fangcang shelter hospitals.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- How alcohol and/or tobacco use and raised glycemia are associated with oral hygiene practices among Burkinabè adults: Evidence from the first national non-communicable disease risk factors survey.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Article
- Factors associated with sleep quality among "left-behind women" in rural China: a cross-sectional study.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2021Article
- Sleep Valuation Is Associated with Components of Sleep Health and Daytime Functioning in a College Sample: A Survey Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Does psychological capital mediate the impact of dysfunctional sleep beliefs on well-being?Heliyon · 2020Article
- Diet quality, consumption of seafood and eggs are associated with sleep quality among Chinese urban adults: A cross-sectional study in eight cities of China.Food science & nutrition · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe aims of this study were to evaluate a subset of sleep-related cognitions and to examine whether dysfunctional beliefs and attitudes about sleep were associated with sleep quality in college students. PATIENTS AND
methodsA total of 1,333 college students were enrolled in this study by randomized cluster sampling. A brief version of Dysfunctional Beliefs and Attitudes about Sleep Scale (DBAS-16) was administered to college students at several colleges. Sleep quality was also assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). The DBAS-16 scores were analyzed across different demographic variables, corresponding subscales of 7-item PSQI, and relevant sleep behavior variables.
resultsA total of 343 participants were poor sleepers, while 990 were good sleepers, as defined by PSQI. The DBAS-16 scores were lower in poor sleepers than in good sleepers (46.32 ± 7.851 vs 49.87 ± 8.349,
conclusionDysfunctional beliefs about sleep are associated with sleep quality and should be discouraged, especially for females and nonmedical college students.
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