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Daily wellness behaviors in college students across a school year.
- Source :
- Journal of American College Health; Aug/Sep2022, Vol. 70 Issue 6, p1731-1737, 7p, 2 Charts, 3 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Objective: To establish the prevalence of mood and wellness behaviors in college students across a school year. Methods: 1,554 college students (69.4% female; average age 18.8 years) were followed with daily surveys on wellness behaviors for the school year. 1,207 participants completed at least 50% of daily surveys on mood, exercise, sleep, nutrition, mindfulness practice and singing/playing musical instrument. Results: Over 88.7% of college students reported at least one wellness behavior each day with 17.7% reporting 4 or more. Each of the wellness behaviors, however, displayed distinct prevalence patterns, varied significantly across the school year, and often across a given school week. Almost every individual wellness behavior was associated with a positive mood, and the cumulative number of daily wellness behaviors was a strongly associated with mood state. Conclusions: Daily wellness behaviors are collectively common, vary significantly within individuals, and are strongly associated with positive mood, both individual and cumulatively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- COLLEGE students
ACADEMIC medical centers
HEALTH
HEALTH behavior
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07448481
- Volume :
- 70
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of American College Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 158752116
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2020.1819291