The Correlation between Sleep Quality and Mental Health of Middle and High School Students in Tehran, Iran

The increasing use of smartphone among young people is creating negative effects and is an important public health problem in many countries. Smartphone abuse and addiction may cause physical and psychological disorders among users. However, the awarenes on this issue has been inadequate due to lacking of evidence. Objectives: To describe the current situation of smartphone using among students at highschools and universities in Hue city and to examine the relationship between smartphone using and sleep disturbances and psychological disstress among participants. Methods: A cross-sectional study with a randomly selected sample of 1,150 students at highschools and universities in Hue city. SAS-SV scale was used to evaluate phone addiction status, K10 scale was used for psychological distress assessment and PSQI scale was used to examine the sleep quality. Results: The proportion of students at highschools and universities having smartphones was 78.0%. The rate of smartphone addiction among high school students was 49.1% and that among university students was 43.7%. There was 57.3% of high school students had poor sleep quality, and that of university students was 51.6%. There was a statistically significant association between smartphone addiction and sleep disturbances and psychological disstress among participants (p <0.05). Conclusion: The prevalence of smartphone addiction among students at highschools and universities is alarming and is related to sleep disturbances and psychological disstress among participants. There is a strong call to develop intervention to help students to aware and manage the use of smartphone effectively.

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The Influence of Participation in Post-school Physical Education Program on Physical Self-Concepts and Mental Health in High School Students

The Korean Journal of Growth and Development ◽

10.34284/kjgd.2019.11.27.4.347 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 27 (4) ◽

pp. 347-354

Author(s):

Sang-Jin Lee

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Physical Education ◽

Education Program ◽

School Students

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Relationship Between Different Types of Violence and Mental Health in High School Students From Northern Mexico

Journal of Interpersonal Violence ◽

10.1177/08862605211021964 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 088626052110219

Author(s):

Oscar Armando Esparza-Del Villar ◽

Sarah Margarita Chavez-Valdez ◽

Priscila Montañez-Alvarado ◽

Marisela Gutiérrez-Vega ◽

Teresa Gutiérrez-Rosado

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Health Indicators ◽

School Students ◽

Social Violence ◽

Different Types ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

Different types of violence have been present in Mexico but there have been few studies that have analyzed their relationship with mental health in adolescents, especially in cities with high rates of social violence. It is important to compare different violence types and their relationship with mental health since not all relationships are the same. It appears that social violence has a stronger relationship with mental health, and for this reason it receives more attention, but other types of violence have a stronger relationship and do not receive as much attention. Chihuahua has been one of the most violent states in Mexico, and Juarez has been the most violent city in the world in 2009 and 2010. The purpose of the study is to compare the relationship of different types of violence (social, cyberbullying, partner violence, and child abuse and neglect) with mental health indicators (depression, anxiety, stress, self-esteem, and paranoid thoughts). There were 526 high school students, from the cities of Juarez ( n = 282) and Chihuahua ( n = 244). The mean age was 16.5 ( SD = 1.4) years and 50.6% reported being males. The relationships among the variables were analyzed using Pearson’s correlations and multiple linear regressions. Both cities that have experienced social violence like carjacking, kidnapping, and sexual assault, but they have very small or no relationships with mental health indicators. Other types of violence have stronger correlations. Our findings suggest that interventions should not focus only in preventing and dealing with social violence, but that other types of violence must also be addressed in adolescents.

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