Publications by authors named "Silvia Aracely Tafoya"
Background: Smartphones, internet access, and social media represent a new form of problematic behavior and can affect how teens sleep.
Methods: A cross-sectional design was employed to examine the prevalence and association of problematic internet use and problematic smartphone use with sleep quality in a non-probability sample of 190 high school students in Mexico. The internet-related experiences questionnaire (IREQ), the mobile-related experiences questionnaire (MREQ), and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) were used.
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- The world is facing an aging population with increased feelings of loneliness, especially in older individuals with mild neurocognitive disorders; functional impairment in daily activities plays a significant role in this.
- A study conducted from February to December 2023 examined the connections between loneliness, depression, daily living deficits, and cognitive symptoms in older adults, involving interviews and established scales to measure these factors.
- Results showed that 30% of participants experienced moderate to high loneliness levels, and loneliness was linked to depression and lower daily living skills, highlighting the importance of addressing these issues to improve overall health and well-being in older adults.
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- High levels of stress are common among college students, and inadequate sleep can increase their stress vulnerability; this study investigates how self-control and resilience impact this relationship.
- A survey and wristband tracking were used to analyze the sleep quality and duration of 32 first-year students, revealing significant correlations between perceived stress and factors like resilience, self-control, and sleep duration.
- The results indicate that resilience mediates the relationship between sleep and perceived stress, while self-control directly influences resilience, highlighting the importance of good sleep for enhancing stress resilience in students.*
Self-concept has been associated with health-related behaviors and emotional self-regulation, which can improve sleep. However, its involvement in sleep quality in a healthy adolescent population has been little studied. This study evaluated the association between self-concept and sleep quality in adolescents adjusting for sleep/wake habits.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo evaluate the association between circadian health parameters and psychological and biological vulnerability, a cross-sectional study was conducted with 15 undergraduate medical interns using the Brief Resilience Scale, the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview, and an ambulatory circadian monitoring device. Circadian Health construct was confirmed by factor analysis. Vulnerability factors (history of depression and low resilience) were associated to lower circadian health of motor activity and temperature rhythms.
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