{"title":"Nightly worry lists and college student well-being: Strong effects from a simple intervention.","authors":"Marissa B Williams, Elizabeth J Parks-Stamm","doi":"10.1080/07448481.2025.2537096","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The present study provides the first test of the use of a nighttime to-do list known as a worry list to support college students' mental health, subjective well-being, and productivity. A worry list is a tool used in cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia that involves writing a short list of tasks to be completed the following day. In two waves, students completed a baseline survey, five nights of worry lists, and an end-of-week survey. Participants reported strong and significant gains in mental health, well-being, and productivity and evaluated the activity positively (with over 80% reporting that they would continue to write worry lists before bed in the future). Recommendations for the implementation of this simple and low-cost intervention by college health professionals are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":14900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of American College Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of American College Health","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2025.2537096","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The present study provides the first test of the use of a nighttime to-do list known as a worry list to support college students' mental health, subjective well-being, and productivity. A worry list is a tool used in cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia that involves writing a short list of tasks to be completed the following day. In two waves, students completed a baseline survey, five nights of worry lists, and an end-of-week survey. Participants reported strong and significant gains in mental health, well-being, and productivity and evaluated the activity positively (with over 80% reporting that they would continue to write worry lists before bed in the future). Recommendations for the implementation of this simple and low-cost intervention by college health professionals are discussed.
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Binge drinking, campus violence, eating disorders, sexual harassment: Today"s college students face challenges their parents never imagined. The Journal of American College Health, the only scholarly publication devoted entirely to college students" health, focuses on these issues, as well as use of tobacco and other drugs, sexual habits, psychological problems, and guns on campus, as well as the students... Published in cooperation with the American College Health Association, the Journal of American College Health is a must read for physicians, nurses, health educators, and administrators who are involved with students every day.
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