Citation

Knowlden AP, Sharma M, Nahar VK. Fam. Community Health 2017; 40(1): 56-61.

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).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/FCH.0000000000000124

PMID

27870756

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.

Language: en