DOES SLEEP QUALITY SERVE AS A MEDIATOR BETWEEN WELL-BEING AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT?

The transition from high school to college "forces" freshmen students to lead a brand new life until they eventually manage to adapt to the new environment and all its activities. Freshmen students who failed to adapt themselves to the environment will face various problems including the degradation of well-being which consequently affects their academic achievement and gets worse when it affects their sleep quality. This expost facto research design aims to examine whether sleep quality serves as a mediator between well-being and academic achievement. The participants comprise 231 freshmen students of a public university in Yogyakarta, Indonesia for the academic year 2017. They were collected using multilevel randomization conducted on seven existing University faculties. The data were collected using Positive Affect and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), Life Satisfaction, and Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and were analyzed using multiple regression technique. The results of the analysis demonstrated that sleep quality does not significantly mediate the relationship between well-being and academic achievement of freshmen students. However, this research found that the negative affect which constitutes a component of well-being significantly results in poor sleep quality. Therefore, it is highly recommended to improve well-being through prevention on the development of negative affect on students.

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Age Variations in Perceived COVID-19 Threats, Negative Impacts, and Associations with Well-Being

Innovation in Aging ◽

10.1093/geroni/igaa057.3420 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. 933-933

Author(s):

Tara Gruenewald ◽

Anthony Ong ◽

Danielle Zahn

Keyword(s):

Sleep Quality ◽

Disease Severity ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Well Being ◽

Poor Sleep ◽

Older Individuals ◽

Poor Sleep Quality ◽

Age Variations ◽

Age Variation ◽

Negative Impacts

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic represents an unprecedented threat to individual and public health, psychosocial, and economic well-being, although COVID-19 threats and impacts may vary by age and other demographic characteristics. Although greater age is a risk factor for greater COVID-19 disease severity, we know little about the association between age and perceived and experienced COVID-19 threats and their association to well-being. These associations were examined in an ongoing 3-wave investigation of over 1,700 U.S. adults (age 18-89; 53.1% female). Wave 1 analyses indicate no significant age variation in perceived threat of COVID-19 infection, with older and younger individuals reporting similar levels of COVID-19 infection threat. However, greater age was associated with lower perceived negative impact on financial and needed resources (r=-.10**), lower perceptions of COVID-19 induced harm to mental well-being (r=-.17**), and more favorable well-being profiles. Greater perceived COVID-19 threat and negative impact on resources and well-being were linked to greater feelings of stress (β’s=.45 to .68***), loneliness (β’s=.24 to .49***), social well-being (β’s=-.19 to -.36***), and poor sleep quality (β’s=.34 to .51***). These associations did not vary with age with the exception that older individuals showed stronger links between COVID-19 threat and impacts and poorer sleep quality. Ongoing analyses are examining whether these associations persist over time. Despite older adults’ greater risk of COVID-19 disease severity and mortality, older age did not appear to be linked to greater perceived COVID-19 threat or impacts, nor linkages to ill-being, with the possible exception of potential greater vulnerability to poor sleep quality.

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The influence of subjective sleep quality on the association between eveningness and depressive symptoms.

10.31234/osf.io/qkrsg ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Charlotte Mary Horne ◽

Ray Norbury

Keyword(s):

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Sleep Quality ◽

Mediation Analysis ◽

Depression Scale ◽

Well Being ◽

Poor Sleep ◽

Subjective Sleep Quality ◽

Subjective Sleep ◽

Increased Risk ◽

Healthy Participants

Increasing evidence suggests that eveningness is associated with increased risk for depression. Eveningness, however, is also associated with poor sleep quality and the unique role of eveningness in depressive symptomatology remains to be elucidated. The goal of the current study, therefore, was to examine the inter-relationships between eveningness, subjective sleep quality and depressive symptoms in healthy participants free of current or previous depression and sleep disorder. Here, 167 healthy participants (mean age 24.16, 129/38 females/males) completed the reduced Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (rMEQ), the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and the Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). Bootstrap mediation analysis for a simple mediation model including rMEQ, PSQI and CES-D was applied. Eveningness was associated with increased depressive symptoms and mediation analysis showed that this relationship was partly mediated by sleep quality. Our results suggest that indicators of depression observed in evening-type individuals cannot be attributed exclusively to disturbed sleep. We suggest that interventions that target both sleep quality and dysfunctionl cognitive styles would be optimal to promote well-being in evening-type individuals.

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The Continuing Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic on Physical Well-Being and Mental Health of ICU Healthcare Workers in Turkey: A Single-Centre Cross-Sectional Later-Phase Study

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine ◽

10.1177/08850666211070740 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 088506662110707

Author(s):

Huseyin Duru

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Sleep Quality ◽

Healthcare Workers ◽

Well Being ◽

Poor Sleep ◽

Health Issues ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Mental Health Issues ◽

Heavy Workload ◽

Median Change

Background This study aimed to evaluate the effect of COVID-19 pandemic on physical well-being and mental health of ICU healthcare workers (HCWs). Methods A total of 51 ICU HCWs working at a tertiary care hospital were included in this cross-sectional study conducted before (January 2019-January 2020) and during (January 2021-April 2021) COVID-19 pandemic. Data on sociodemographic and work-related characteristics, COVID 19 history and current mental health issues via Hospital Anxiety-Depression Scale (HADS), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-40), Suicidal Ideation Scale (SIS) and Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) were recorded. Results Overall, 62.7% of participants were nurses, heavy workload (working ≥200 h/month) was reported by 76.5% of participants and previous history of COVID-19 was confirmed by 62.7%. Current mental health issues involved poor sleep quality in majority (96.1%) of participants, anxiety (51.0%), depression (51.0%) in at least half of them and a moderate degree of emotional exhaustion Heavy workload was associated with more remarkable decrease in sleep duration (median change: −0.5 vs. −1.0 h/day, P = .020), Vit B12 (median change: 60[−48-293] vs. −65[−371-262] pg/mL, P < .001) and Vit D (median change: −1.6[−13.1-20] vs. −9.7[−39.7-21.8] ng/mL, P = .004) during pandemic, while working hours per month were also significantly higher in those with versus without anxiety (264[150-390] vs. 240[150-264] h, P = .003) and with versus without depression (264[150-390] vs. 240[150-264] h, P = .037). Conclusion Our findings indicate high prevalence of mental health issues including anxiety and depression as well as poor sleep quality and emotional burnout among ICU HCWs, particularly those with heavy workload.

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Poor Sleep Quality Among Adolescents With ASD Is Associated With Depressive Symptoms, Problem Behaviors, and Conflicted Family Relationships

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities ◽

10.1177/1088357618794916 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 34 (3) ◽

pp. 173-182 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Janice N. Phung ◽

Maryam M. Abdullah ◽

Wendy A. Goldberg

Keyword(s):

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Sleep Quality ◽

Problem Behaviors ◽

Family Relationships ◽

Well Being ◽

Autism Spectrum ◽

Poor Sleep ◽

Adolescent Relationships ◽

Adolescents With Autism ◽

Adolescents With Asd

To better understand correlates of sleep issues for adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), we conducted two related studies of sleep quality in association with adolescent well-being and family relationships. In Study 1, 28 adolescents with ASD, 27 typically developing (TD) adolescents, and their mothers, participated. Mothers and adolescents independently completed questionnaires about sleep and adolescent functioning. In Study 2, 20 adolescents with ASD and their mothers participated, and actigraphy was used to measure sleep quality. Regression results from Study 1 indicated more daytime sleepiness was associated with more depressive symptoms and more discordant mother–adolescent relationships in the ASD sample. More sleep–wake problems were associated with more depressive symptoms in TD adolescents. In Study 2, more time asleep and poorer sleep efficiency were associated with more depressive symptoms and discordant sibling relationships. These findings suggest that helping adolescents with ASD with their sleep issues may confer benefits in other parts of their lives.

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Sleep Quality and Self-Control: The Mediating Roles of Positive and Negative Affects

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2020.607548 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 ◽

Author(s):

Jinru Liu ◽

Lin Zhu ◽

Conghui Liu

Keyword(s):

Negative Affect ◽

Sleep Quality ◽

Positive Affect ◽

Self Control ◽

Self Report ◽

Poor Sleep ◽

Poor Sleep Quality ◽

Negative Affects ◽

The Relationship ◽

Positive And Negative Affects

This study examined the mediating roles of both positive and negative affects in the relationship between sleep quality and self-control. A sample of 1,507 Chinese adults (37% men; mean age = 32.5 years) completed self-report questionnaires measuring sleep quality, positive and negative emotions, and self-control. Poor sleep quality was positively correlated with negative affect and negatively correlated with positive affect and self-control. Positive affect was positively correlated with self-control, while negative affect was negatively correlated with self-control. Both positive and negative affects significantly mediated the relationship between sleep quality and self-control. Improving individuals’ sleep qualities may lead to more positive emotions and less negative emotion, and these mood changes may increase resources for self-control. Regulating positive and negative affects may reduce the negative effects of poor sleep quality on self-control.

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Midday napping in children: associations between nap frequency and duration across cognitive, positive psychological well-being, behavioral, and metabolic health outcomes

SLEEP ◽

10.1093/sleep/zsz126 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 42 (9) ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Jianghong Liu ◽

Rui Feng ◽

Xiaopeng Ji ◽

Naixue Cui ◽

Adrian Raine ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Academic Achievement ◽

Elementary School ◽

Parental Education ◽

Well Being ◽

Internalizing Behavior ◽

Self Control ◽

Poor Sleep ◽

Time In Bed ◽

Metabolic Outcomes ◽

Wide Range

AbstractStudy ObjectivesPoor sleep and daytime sleepiness in children and adolescents have short- and long-term consequences on various aspects of health. Midday napping may be a useful strategy to reduce such negative impacts. The effect of habitual napping on a wide spectrum of cognitive, behavioral, psychological, and metabolic outcomes has not been systematically investigated.MethodsThis study characterized midday napping habits in 3819 elementary school children from the China Jintan Cohort Study. In 2011, weekly nap frequency and average duration were collected once from students at grades 4–6. Prior to their completion of elementary school at grade 6 (in 2011–2013 respective to each grade), the following outcomes were collected once: behavioral and academic achievement evaluated by teachers, and self-reported positive psychology measures including grit, self-control, and happiness. IQ tests were conducted on a subgroup. Metabolic indices, including body mass index and fasting glucose concentration, were measured through physical exams. For the whole sample, we assessed associations between napping and each outcome, adjusted for sex, grade, school location, parental education, and time in bed at night. We also conducted stratified analyses on grade 6 (cross-sectional), grade 4 (2-year gap), and grade 5 (1-year gap) data.ResultsOverall, napping was significantly associated with higher happiness, grit, and self-control, reduced internalizing behavior problem, higher verbal IQs, and better academic achievement, although specific patterns varied across frequency and duration for different outcomes. More limited significant associations were found for decreased externalizing behavior problems, compared to non-nappers, while no significant associations were found for performance IQ and metabolic outcomes.ConclusionsResults indicate benefits of regular napping across a wide range of adolescent outcomes, including better cognition, better psychological wellness, and reduced emotional/behavioral problems. The current study underscores the need for further large-scale intervention studies to establish causal effects.

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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the sleep quality of medical professionals in Brazil

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria ◽

10.1590/0004-282x-anp-2020-0449 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 79 (2) ◽

pp. 149-155

Author(s):

Janaína Mariana de Araújo Miranda Brito-Marques ◽

Clélia Maria Ribeiro Franco ◽

Paulo Roberto de Brito-Marques ◽

Sandra Cristina Gonçalves Martinez ◽

Gilmar Fernandes do Prado

Keyword(s):

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Sleep Quality ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Well Being ◽

Poor Sleep ◽

World Population ◽

Psychological Resilience ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Related Factors

ABSTRACT Introduction: Coronavirus pandemic began in China in 2019 (COVID-19), causing not only public health problems but also great psychological distress, especially for physicians involved in coping with the virus or those of the risk group in social isolation, and this represents a challenge for the psychological resilience in the world population. Studies showed that health professionals had psychological symptoms such as depression, anxiety, insomnia, stress, among others. Objectives: To investigate the quality of sleep and the prevalence rate of sleeping disorders among physicians during COVID-19 pandemic, and identify the psychological and social factors associated with the condition. Methods: A cross-sectional study of an online questionnaire was applied for physicians in Brazil. Among the 332 participants included, 227 were women. Sociodemographic assessment was used in the questionnaire, as well as the scale of impact on the events of modifications caused by COVID-19, assessment on sleep quality (PSQI), presence and severity of insomnia (ISI), depressive symptoms (PHQ-9), and anxiety (GAD-7). Results: Most physicians (65.6%) had changes in sleep. Poor sleep quality was reported by 73.1%, depressive symptoms were present in 75.8%, and anxiety in 73.4%. Conclusion: Our study found that more than 70% of the physicians assessed had impaired sleep quality, characterizing insomnia symptoms during COVID-19 outbreak. Related factors included an environment of isolation, concerns about COVID-19 outbreak and symptoms of anxiety and depression. Special interventions are needed to promote health professionals’ mental well-being and implement changes in this scenario.

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The Moderating Effect of Nursing Practice Environment on the Relationship between Clinical Nurses’ Sleep Quality and Wellness

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17197068 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (19) ◽

pp. 7068

Author(s):

Kyung Jin Hong ◽

Youngjin Lee

Keyword(s):

Sleep Quality ◽

Nursing Practice ◽

Well Being ◽

Moderating Effect ◽

Poor Sleep ◽

Practice Environment ◽

Clinical Nurses ◽

Nursing Practice Environment ◽

The Mean ◽

The Relationship

This study examined the moderating effect of nursing practice environment on the relationship between clinical nurses’ sleep quality and wellness. The wellness of clinical nurses is a direct outcome of individual-level health behaviors and organizational environmental factors. This study was a cross-sectional analysis. Participants were clinical nurses recruited using convenience sampling. The Nurse Practice Environment Scale, Wellness Index, and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Korean version (PSQI-K) were used. Data collected from 1874 nurses were analyzed using descriptive statistics and hierarchical multiple regression analyses. A total of 95.3% of the participants were women, and the mean age was 28.8 years. Further, 42.4% of the participants had a nursing career of 5 years or longer. The mean score for nursing practice environment was 2.24 and the mean PSQI-K score was 9.39. Nurses with less than 1 year of experience reported lower wellness scores. The wellness scores decreased with poorer sleep quality, and a more positive evaluation of the nursing practice environment predicted higher levels of wellness. Nursing practice environment had a moderating effect on the negative association of nurses’ poor sleep quality with their wellness. Regarding management, individual strategies for nurses’ well-being and organizational improvement policies may improve the nursing work environment.

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Association with the Quality of Sleep and the Mediating Role of Eating on Self-Esteem in Healthcare Personnel

Nutrients ◽

10.3390/nu11020321 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 321 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

María Pérez-Fuentes ◽

María Molero Jurado ◽

Ana Barragán Martín ◽

África Martos Martínez ◽

José Gázquez Linares

Keyword(s):

Sleep Quality ◽

Emotional Eating ◽

Well Being ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Healthcare Personnel ◽

Poor Sleep ◽

Poor Sleep Quality ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Nursing Professionals

In recent decades, organizational research has paid special attention to the mechanisms promoting the health and well-being of nursing professionals. In this context, self-esteem is a personal resource associated with well-being at work and the psychological well-being of nurses. The purpose of this study was to analyze the mediating role of eating on the relationship between sleep quality and self-esteem in nursing professionals. A sample of 1073 nurses was administered the Rosenberg General Self-Esteem Scale, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire-R18 (TFEQ-18). The results show that poor sleep quality and type of eating directly and indirectly affect self-esteem. Poor sleep quality lowered self-esteem through emotional eating and, even though emotional eating facilitated uncontrolled eating, this relationship had no significant effect on self-esteem. The findings of this study suggest that hospital management should implement employee health awareness programs on the importance of healthy sleep and design educational interventions for improving diet quality.

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Poor sleep quality is associated with perinatal depression. A systematic review of last decade scientific literature and meta-analysis

Journal of Perinatal Medicine ◽

10.1515/jpm-2019-0214 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 47 (7) ◽

pp. 689-703 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Ernesto González-Mesa ◽

Celia Cuenca-Marín ◽

María Suarez-Arana ◽

Beatriz Tripiana-Serrano ◽

Nadia Ibrahim-Díez ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Sleep Quality ◽

Sleep Disturbances ◽

Perinatal Depression ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Well Being ◽

Mental States ◽

Poor Sleep ◽

Poor Sleep Quality ◽

The Impact

Abstract Background Although pregnancy is frequently associated with mental states of happiness, hope and well-being, some physical and psychological changes can contribute to increased sleep disturbances and worsened sleep quality. Sleep quality has been linked to negative emotions, anxiety and depression. The main objective of this paper was to systematically review the impact of sleep during pregnancy on maternal mood, studying the association between objective and subjective measures of sleep quality and perinatal depression. Methods We performed a systematic review according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, which included studies published between January 2008 and April 2019, and met the following criteria: (i) studies on pregnant women assessing the effects of sleep quality variables on perinatal mood disorders, (ii) studies published in English and (iii) full paper published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal with full-text format available. Results A total of 36 studies published in the last decade met the inclusion criteria for qualitative review and eight of them were suitable for meta-analysis. Both confirmed the negative effects of poor sleep on perinatal mood. However, qualitative analysis showed that unrepresentative samples and low participation rates falling below 80% biased some of the studies. The standard random-effects meta-analysis showed a pooled size effect [ln odds ratio (OR) 1.49 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.19, 1.79)] for perinatal depression in cases of poor prenatal sleep quality, although heterogeneity was moderate to high [Q 16.05, P ≤ 0.025, H2 2.45 (95% CI 1.01, 13.70)]. Conclusion Poor sleep quality was associated with perinatal mood disturbances. The assessment of sleep quality along the pregnancy could be advisable with a view to offering preventative or therapeutic interventions when necessary.

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