Current Alcohol Use is Associated with Sleep Patterns in First-Year College Students.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

To examine whether differences exist in self-reported sleep patterns and self-reported alcohol use for first-semester college students who do or do not report drinking during the last 6 months (mo) of high school.

Methods

Participants were 878 first-year college students. Students completed a survey in late May/early June about alcohol use and consequences, during the last 6 mo of high school; they later completed a daily record of sleep behavior and alcohol use across the first 9 weeks of the first semester of college. High school drinking status (past 6 mo) was classified as positive (HS-6 mo+) or negative (HS-6mo-) based on any indication of drinking on the May/June survey. Collegiate drinking was determined from first-semester daily diary alcohol reports

SUBMITTER: Van Reen E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4863222 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature