Milojevich Helen M, Lukowski Angela F
Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2016 Jun 9;11(6):e0156372. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156372. eCollection 2016.
Whereas previous research has indicated that sleep problems tend to co-occur with increased mental health issues in university students, relatively little is known about relations between sleep quality and mental health in university students with generally healthy sleep habits. Understanding relations between sleep and mental health in individuals with generally healthy sleep habits is important because (a) student sleep habits tend to worsen over time and (b) even time-limited experience of sleep problems may have significant implications for the onset of mental health problems. In the present research, 69 university students with generally healthy sleep habits completed questionnaires about sleep quality and mental health. Although participants did not report clinically concerning mental health issues as a group, global sleep quality was associated with mental health. Regression analyses revealed that nighttime sleep duration and the frequency of nighttime sleep disruptions were differentially related to total problems and clinically-relevant symptoms of psychological distress. These results indicate that understanding relations between sleep and mental health in university students with generally healthy sleep habits is important not only due to the large number of undergraduates who experience sleep problems and mental health issues over time but also due to the potential to intervene and improve mental health outcomes before they become clinically concerning.
以往的研究表明，睡眠问题往往与大学生心理健康问题的增加同时出现，但对于睡眠习惯总体健康的大学生而言，睡眠质量与心理健康之间的关系却知之甚少。了解睡眠习惯总体健康的个体的睡眠与心理健康之间的关系很重要，原因如下：（a）学生的睡眠习惯往往会随着时间的推移而恶化；（b）即使是有限时间的睡眠问题经历，也可能对心理健康问题的发生产生重大影响。在本研究中，69名睡眠习惯总体健康的大学生完成了关于睡眠质量和心理健康的问卷调查。尽管参与者作为一个群体并未报告临床上令人担忧的心理健康问题，但总体睡眠质量与心理健康相关。回归分析表明，夜间睡眠时间和夜间睡眠中断频率与心理困扰的总问题和临床相关症状存在不同的关联。这些结果表明，了解睡眠习惯总体健康的大学生的睡眠与心理健康之间的关系很重要，这不仅是因为随着时间的推移，有大量本科生经历睡眠问题和心理健康问题，还因为有可能在心理健康问题变得临床上令人担忧之前进行干预并改善心理健康结果。
