Health and Wellness
Becerra, M. B., Bol, B. S., Granados, R., & Hassija, C. (2018). Sleepless in school: The role of social determinants of sleep health among college students. Journal of American College Health, 68(2), 185-191. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2018.1538148
Sleep health is a major concern that threatens health stability and wellbeing of individuals, however, studies have failed to address the social determinants of deficient sleep. The authors in this article conduct research to analyze the social factors that cause a lack of sufficient sleep. The study analyses the sleep health of 282 participants recruited through a general education psychology course. Sleep health is assessed through three key areas, duration of sleep, the efficacy of sleep and attentiveness.
Additionally, factors that may result in sleep deficiency were studied and later, the results were analyzed through descriptive statistics. The content in this article is targeted at college students and health associations concerned with high education health issues. This paper encompasses multiple dimensions of sleep and clearly shows the magnitude of social factors effects on the sleep health of college student’s. However, it does not help to produce feasible solutions that address these factors to improve health conditions among these students. Moreover, data for this article is self-reported, thus susceptible to social bias. This article will help me to understand and gain more knowledge on how social factors such as food security may affect my health weakness and productivity through lack of adequate sleep.
Mochrie, K. D., Whited, M. C., Cellucci, T., Freeman, T., & Corson, A. T. (2018). ADHD, depression, and substance abuse risk among beginning college students. Journal of American College Health, 68(1), 6-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2018.1515754
The authors of this article seek to identify the differences in drug abuse, depression, and educational performance among college students with ADHD and those without the condition. The article analyzes the relationship between substance abuse and depressive symptoms to the GPA performance of 1728 students of mixed gender majority who were Caucasians through descriptive analysis. It provides available and empirical data on the extent of risk of ADHD students developing substance abuse problems and gives useful data analysis that can be used to link the involvement of students with ADHD to substance abuse. The target audience of this study is are college campuses. This article is unique in two ways; it first analyzes the usage of alcohol and other drugs among the same sample and secondly, it examines group difference after controlling for demographic factors and depression. The study provides a conclusive hypothesis that management of ADHD may enhance academic performance and help regulate substance use. However, findings from this study may be lacking since participants were self –selected, which may encourage bias, thus affect the authenticity and validity of the research. Regardless, this article is highly helpful to show how the increase in abuse of drugs may affect my emotional welfare.