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Life Satisfaction and Sleep Health among College Students in the United States

  • B. T. Ogbenna
  • W. Zhou
  • L. Williams
  • S. Gaston
  • P. Zendels
  • C. Payne
  • W. B. Jackson1
  • C. L. Jackson1
  1. 1National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences
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Abstract

We investigated life satisfaction in relation to sleep health among U.S. college students, and determined whether the relationship varied by age, sex, race, and ethnicity. Using 2022 National Health Interview Survey data, we assessed life satisfaction (satisfied vs. dissatisfied), recommended sleep duration ([≥]7 vs. <7 hours), few insomnia symptoms (IS), and restorative sleep. Adjusted Poisson regression with robust variance was employed for the overall population and then stratified by the aforementioned sociodemographic characteristics. Overall (N = 1,426, mean age {+/-} SE = 27.7 {+/-} 0.3) years), 97.1% of college students reported life satisfaction, which was associated with a higher prevalence of recommended sleep duration (PR = 1.96 [95% CI:1.19-3.22]), few IS (PR = 2.48 [1.36-4.52]), and restorative sleep (PR = 3.62 [1.49-8.83]). There was no evidence of differences in the relationship by age, sex, race, and ethnicity. Life satisfaction was associated with favorable sleep among U.S. college students.

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@misc{ogbenna2026life,
  title = {{Life Satisfaction and Sleep Health among College Students in the United States}},
  author = {B. T. Ogbenna and W. Zhou and L. Williams and S. Gaston and P. Zendels and C. Payne and W. B. Jackson and C. L. Jackson},
  howpublished = {medRxiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  doi = {10.64898/2026.09.10.26362668},
  url = {https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.10.26362668v1},
  note = {CC0},
}
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TY  - UNPB
TI  - Life Satisfaction and Sleep Health among College Students in the United States
AU  - B. T. Ogbenna
AU  - W. Zhou
AU  - L. Williams
AU  - S. Gaston
AU  - P. Zendels
AU  - C. Payne
AU  - W. B. Jackson
AU  - C. L. Jackson
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/10
PB  - medRxiv
DO  - 10.64898/2026.09.10.26362668
UR  - https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.10.26362668v1
AB  - We investigated life satisfaction in relation to sleep health among U.S. college students, and determined whether the relationship varied by age, sex, race, and ethnicity. Using 2022 National Health Interview Survey data, we assessed life satisfaction (satisfied vs. dissatisfied), recommended sleep duration ([≥]7 vs. <7 hours), few insomnia symptoms (IS), and restorative sleep. Adjusted Poisson regression with robust variance was employed for the overall population and then stratified by the aforementioned sociodemographic characteristics. Overall (N = 1,426, mean age {+/-} SE = 27.7 {+/-} 0.3) years), 97.1% of college students reported life satisfaction, which was associated with a higher prevalence of recommended sleep duration (PR = 1.96 [95% CI:1.19-3.22]), few IS (PR = 2.48 [1.36-4.52]), and restorative sleep (PR = 3.62 [1.49-8.83]). There was no evidence of differences in the relationship by age, sex, race, and ethnicity. Life satisfaction was associated with favorable sleep among U.S. college students.
ER  -