Epidemiology of Insomnia in College Students: Relationship With Mental Health, Quality of Life, and Substance Use Difficulties

• Published in: Behavior therapy Vol. 44; no. 3; pp. 339 - 348
• Main Authors: Taylor, Daniel J, Bramoweth, Adam D, Grieser, Emily A, Tatum, Jolyn I, Roane, Brandy M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2013; Elsevier; Academic Press
• Subjects: Academic achievement; Adolescent; Adult; Age; Anxiety - epidemiology; Anxiety - psychology; Anxiety-Depression; Behavior modification; Behavior therapy. Cognitive therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Chronic insomnia; college; College students; Comorbidity; Depression - epidemiology; Depression - psychology; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Disorders of higher nervous function. Focal brain diseases. Central vestibular syndrome and deafness. Brain stem syndromes; Drug use; Epidemiology; Fatigue - epidemiology; Fatigue - psychology; Female; Humans; hypnotic; Insomnia; Male; Medical sciences; Mental Health; Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes); Neurology; Prevalence; Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; psychosocial; Quality of life; Quality of Life - psychology; Sleep; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - diagnosis; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - epidemiology; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - psychology; stimulant; Stress, Psychological - epidemiology; Stress, Psychological - psychology; Students - psychology; Substance abuse; Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology; Substance-Related Disorders - psychology; Surveys and Questionnaires; Treatments; Undergraduate students; Universities; college; psychosocial; hypnotic; stimulant; insomnia; Human; Nervous system diseases; University environment; Mental health; Sleep disorder; Substance abuse; Student; Epidemiology; Quality of life; Treatment; Insomnia; Behavior therapy; Neurological disorder; Public health

Abstract The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and correlates of insomnia using rigorous diagnostic criteria and a comprehensive assessment battery. In a large sample ( N = 1,074) of college students (mean age 20.39 years), participants were asked to complete a week-long sleep dia...