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Article: Sleep habits and patterns of college students: a preliminary study.(Statistical Data Included)
- Article from:
- Journal of American College Health
- Article date:
- November 1, 2001
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Abstract. The negative effects of sleep difficulties have been well documented. However, the prevalence of such problems among US college students has not been well studied. Design difficulties are common in the limited number of existing investigations, making it difficult to estimates the prevalence and types of disturbance studied. The authors describe the use of a quantitative-based assessment instrument to provide an initial indication of students' sleep problems and to serve as a means of addressing some of the deficiencies in the literature. In their sample of 191 undergraduates at a rural southern university, they found that most of the students exhibited some form ...
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