ERIC Number: EJ1364632
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
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ISSN: ISSN-0744-8481
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Daily Wellness Behaviors in College Students across a School Year
Copeland, William E.; Bai, Yang; Adams, Zoe; Lerner, Matthew; King, Jessica A.; Rettew, Jeff; Hudziak, Jim
Journal of American College Health, v70 n6 p1731-1737 2022
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. [This study was presented as an abstract at the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry's 66th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, October 14-19, 2019.]
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Wellness, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Exercise, Psychological Patterns, Sleep, Nutrition, Metacognition, Singing, Musical Instruments, Student Behavior, Correlation, Positive Attitudes, Personality Measures, Drinking, Drug Use, Screening Tests, Measures (Individuals)
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Vermont
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Big Five Inventory
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