Does Sleep Disturbances and Sleep Duration Have an Affect on Depression Symptomology in College Students?

Roche, Chloe (2023) Does Sleep Disturbances and Sleep Duration Have an Affect on Depression Symptomology in College Students? Undergraduate thesis, Dublin, National College of Ireland.

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Abstract

The current study sought to investigate how sleep disturbances and sleep duration affects depressive symptomology in college students, while also examining the gender differences within sleep disturbances and additionally depressive symptomology. An online questionnaire was publicised to participants (n = 102) through different modes of social media sites and consisted of the following scales: The Beck Depression Scale (BDI), The Munich Chronotype Scale (MCTQ), The Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) and the Pittsburgh Quality Index Scale (PSQI). Findings from a spearman’s correlation revealed that there is a correlation between sleep disturbances (sleep disturbance scores and daytime sleepiness scores) and depression symptoms. Furthermore, the multiple regressions revealed that sleep disturbances significantly predict depression symptoms, however, sleep duration did not predict depression symptoms. Lastly, Mann-Whitney U tests showed that females have significantly higher depressive symptomology and sleep disturbance scores in comparison to males. Findings provide an interesting understanding of how sleep disturbances and sleep duration affect depression symptomology in college students. And furthermore, the findings present possible gender differences within sleep disturbances and depression symptomology. Further implications are important on a practical level.

Item Type:	Thesis (Undergraduate)
Supervisors:	Name Email Kelly, Michelle UNSPECIFIED
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > Psychology R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA790 Mental Health
Divisions:	School of Business > BA (Honours) in Psychology
Depositing User:	Tamara Malone
Date Deposited:	01 Jun 2023 15:57
Last Modified:	01 Jun 2023 15:57
URI:	https://norma.ncirl.ie/id/eprint/6720

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