Gender Differences in Sleep and Mental Health among Saudi Adolescents

Gender Differences in Sleep and Mental Health among Saudi Adolescents

Among adolescents, mental health issues (i.e., stress and depressive symptoms) negatively affect sleep. We assessed whether the association between mental health and sleep varied between genders among Saudi adolescents. A total of 2206 school students (grades 7-12) from 40 randomly selected schools...

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Veröffentlicht in:Sleep disorders 2021-09, Vol.2021, p.1-8
Hauptverfasser: Rajab, Ahmad Mamoun, Rajab, Tawfik Mamoun, Basha, Amjad Chamsi, Al-Khani, Abdullah Murhaf, Ali, Mohamed Abdelghafour, Enabi, Saed, Zaghloul, Mohamed Saddik, Almazrou, Abdulrahman, Saquib, Juliann, Saquib, Nazmus
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Children & youth
Demography
Gender differences
Girls
Mental depression
Mental disorders
Mental health
Schools
Screen time
Sleep
Stress
Students
Teenagers
Variance analysis
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Zusammenfassung:Among adolescents, mental health issues (i.e., stress and depressive symptoms) negatively affect sleep. We assessed whether the association between mental health and sleep varied between genders among Saudi adolescents. A total of 2206 school students (grades 7-12) from 40 randomly selected schools in four cities of Al-Qassim province in Saudi Arabia participated in this cross-sectional study. The survey assessed demography, lifestyle, sleep (12-item Medical Outcomes Study Sleep Scale), depression (Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale (DASS-21)) and stress (10-item Perceived Stress Scale). Adjusted associations with sleep were tested with linear and logistic regressions. Of the sample, 55% were girls, and their average sleep score was lower than that of the boys (58.7 vs. 63.4, p
ISSN:2090-3545
2090-3553
DOI:10.1155/2021/5513817