Depression trajectories and their associations with academic performance and sleep patterns among first-year college students
Asal Yunusova, Caitlin Huang, Stephen Price, Kunal Joshi, Janine M Dutcher, Kirk Warren Brown, Daniella K Villalba, Michael J Tumminia, Kasey G Creswell, Sheldon Cohen, J David Creswell · 2026
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Asal Yunusova and co-authors follow low mood across the first year of college and link it to grades and sleep, in this 2026 study. The move to college is a known danger point for depression in young adults. The team used data from two spring terms at a private university, with wrist trackers recording sleep across the term.
The 271 first year students fell into four paths: low and steady, rising, falling, and high and steady symptoms. The low and falling groups earned higher spring grades than the rising and high groups. The low group also kept earlier bed and wake times and slept longer overall. The pattern ties steady low mood to both better marks and healthier sleep habits during a hard transition year.
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| CREATOR | Asal Yunusova, Caitlin Huang, Stephen Price, Kunal Joshi, Janine M Dutcher, Kirk Warren Brown, Daniella K Villalba, Michael J Tumminia, Kasey G Creswell, Sheldon Cohen, J David Creswell |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 51 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |