title: A "Sleep 101" Program for College Students Improves Sleep Hygiene Knowledge and Reduces Maladaptive Beliefs about Sleep.
abstract: Sensitizing young adults about sleep hygiene knowledge and helpful sleep attitudes may have the potential to instill long-lasting healthy sleep practices. Towards these ends, evaluation of psychoeducational program "Sleep 101" tailored to college students was undertaken. Following two weeks of sleep-log recordings, participants were randomly assigned to a Sleep 101 (experimental) condition or a sleep monitoring (control) condition. The Sleep 101 condition was comprised of two 90-minute workshops aimed to educate students about healthy sleep practices, helpful thoughts about sleep, and ways to improve sleep. The sleep monitoring group received a sleep hygiene handout and completed sleep logs for the study duration. Sleep 101 participants endorsed fewer maladaptive beliefs and attitudes about sleep, increased sleep hygiene knowledge, and reduced sleep onset latency compared to the sleep monitoring participants. Brief psychoeducational courses may be a cost-effective way to alleviate current, and/or prevent future, sleep problems in young adults.
authors.affiliation: a Drexel University.
authors.forename: Jacqueline D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Kloss
authors.affiliation: a Drexel University.
authors.forename: Christina O
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Nash
authors.affiliation: a Drexel University.
authors.forename: Colleen M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.affiliation: a Drexel University.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Culnan
authors.affiliation: a Drexel University.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Horsey
authors.affiliation: b Elmhurst College and Suburban Pulmonary and Sleep Associates.
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sexton-Radek
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D008297:Male; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: college students; dysfunctional beliefs and attitudes about sleep; sleep hygiene; sleep psychoeducation