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Relationship of sleep quality, smartphone dependence, and health-related behaviors in female junior college students

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Wang, Po-Yu, Chen, Kai-Li, Yang, Shang-Yu, Lin, Pin-Hsuan·2019·PLOS ONE
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0214769PMC PMC6447181
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INTRODUCTION: Smartphone usage has become commonplace and impact on sleep quality among adolescents. Adolescent girls have a greater tendency toward sleep quality problems. However, relationship of sleep quality, smartphone dependence, and health-related behaviors in female junior college students has not been studied. OBJECTIVES: This study had the two goals: to investigate the relationship between female college students' sleep quality, smartphone dependence, and health-related behaviors, and to identify predictors of sleep quality. METHODS: This study employed a cross-sectional research approach to gather 409 subjects at a junior college in southern Taiwan, and used a structured questionnaire to collect data. The questionnaire consisted of four parts: basic demographic data, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, assessment of smartphone dependence, and the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile (HPLP). Logistic regression analysis was employed to check for any association between sleep quality and smartphone dependence or HPLP. RESULTS: Sleep quality was significantly associated with degree of smartphone dependence, total HPLP score, and scores on the four HPLP subscales of nutritional behavior, self-actualization, interpersonal support, and stress management behavior. The lower the subjects' degree of smartphone dependence was, the better their sleep quality was. Furthermore, the degree of smartphone dependence and total HPLP score were significant predictors of sleep quality. CONCLUSIONS: Smartphone dependence is associated with poor sleep quality among female college students. Improving health-related behaviors (nutritional behavior, self-actualization, interpersonal support, and stress management behavior) can also promote improvement in sleep quality.

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Authors
Wang, P.-Y., Chen, K.-L., Yang, S.-Y., & Lin, P.-H.
Affiliations
  • Changhua Christian Hospital (TW)
  • Asia University (TW)
Corresponding author
Yang, Shang-Yu
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Venue
PLOS ONE
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Published
2019-04-03
Volume
14
Issue
4
Pages
e0214769
ISSN
1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0214769
PMC
PMC6447181
OpenAlex
W2927591937
Cited by
118
References
62
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 23 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 5
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18.20
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • PLoS ONE (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Health and Lifestyle Studies
Keywords
sleep quality, smartphone addiction, health behavior, female university students, community college students, health-promoting lifestyle, nutritional behavior, stress management, interpersonal support, self-realization, predictors of sleep quality
MeSH terms
Smartphone, Healthy Lifestyle, Adolescent, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sleep, Students, Taiwan, Universities, Health Behavior, Young Adult

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