title: Stress and sleep disturbances in female college students.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the sleep characteristics and examine the associations among perceived stress, sleep disturbances, depressive symptoms, and physical symptoms among female college students.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 103 students completed a battery of questionnaires.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The students experienced high stress during the school year. The majority of them slept less than 6 hours during weekdays and experienced moderate fatigue. High stress levels are associated with sleep disturbances, less nocturnal total sleep time, higher fatigue severity, and more depressive symptoms. Perceived stress and sleep disturbances are significant predictors for depressive symptoms and physical symptoms. Compared to the good sleepers, the poor sleepers reported more daytime sleepiness, depressive symptoms, and physical symptoms.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Interventions to reduce stress and improve sleep are critically needed in college education.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Georgia State University, GA, USA. slee29@gsu.edu
authors.forename: Shih-Yu
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wuertz
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: Yu-Ping
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities