Fluctuations in behavior and affect in college students measured using deep phenotyping.
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SUBMITTER: Vidal Bustamante CM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8816914 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb
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Fluctuations in behavior and affect in college students measured using deep phenotyping.
Vidal Bustamante Constanza M CM Coombs Garth G Rahimi-Eichi Habiballah H Mair Patrick P Onnela Jukka-Pekka JP Baker Justin T JT Buckner Randy L RL
Scientific reports 20220204 1
College students commonly experience psychological distress when faced with intensified academic demands and changes in the social environment. Examining the nature and dynamics of students' affective and behavioral experiences can help us better characterize the correlates of psychological distress. Here, we leveraged wearables and smartphones to study 49 first-year college students continuously throughout the academic year. Affect and sleep, academic, and social behavior showed substantial cha ...[more]
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