title: Using Multitheory Model of Health Behavior Change to Predict Adequate Sleep Behavior.
abstract: The purpose of this article was to use the multitheory model of health behavior change in predicting adequate sleep behavior in college students. A valid and reliable survey was administered in a cross-sectional design (n = 151). For initiation of adequate sleep behavior, the construct of behavioral confidence (P < .001) was found to be significant and accounted for 24.4% of the variance. For sustenance of adequate sleep behavior, changes in social environment (P < .02), emotional transformation (P < .001), and practice for change (P < .001) were significant and accounted for 34.2% of the variance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Science, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (Dr Knowlden); Behavioral & Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi (Dr Sharma); Department of Health, Physical Education, and Exercise Science, School of Allied Health Sciences, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tennessee (Dr Nahar); and Department of Dermatology, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson (Dr Nahar).
authors.forename: Adam P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Knowlden
authors.forename: Manoj
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Vinayak K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Nahar
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012890:Sleep; D012931:Social Environment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires