大学生における生活習慣と精神的健康度の関係について

Abstract

This study investigated the lifestyle patterns and mental health status among university students between the first, second and third-fourth year, to determine any age-related differences and the relationship between them. The participants were 741 university students between 19 and 23 years old. They were divided into three groups by year. The anonymous questionnaires addressed the lifestyle patterns (diet, sleeping quality, and college work-load etc.) and the mental health status (GHQ-30). The results revealed that the average number of credits for a school year of 1 st and 2 nd years were more than of 3 rd and 4 th years, however, the study time was increasing in upper years. The responses of the students in the 2 nd year displayed a more unhealthy mental state than in the other years. Although the percentage of students skipping breakfast increased in accordance with year, 1 st and 2 nd year students skipping breakfast showed significant worse among physical condition and sleeping disorder in GHQs. There were age-related change in lifestyle patterns and mental health status among university students. They therefore may be suffering from special features correlated with their year at university.