Sleep latency and sleep disturbances mediates the association between nighttime cell phone use and psychological well-being in college students.

ABSTRACT: To examine sleep latency and sleep disturbance as mediators between nighttime cell phone use variables (cell phone use for unstructured leisure activities and for accessing emotionally charged media content before sleep: CPU_BeforeBed and CPU_Arousal) and psychological well-being (PWB) of college students. 521 (74% female) undergraduate students from a large public university were surveyed using a validated self-report quantitative questionnaire assessing CPU variables, sleep quality, and PWB. Pearson correlation analyses were used to compute the correlation between CPU_BeforeBed, CPU_Arousal, sleep latency, and sleep disturbance. Ordinary least-squares regressions were conducted to assess the estimates of the relationships within the models. One-way ANOVA was used to see the difference be

SUBMITTER: Joshi SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9027024 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature