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Associations of negative life events and coping styles with sleep quality among Chinese adolescents: a cross-sectional study

Authors: Zheng Ren, Xiumin Zhang, Yue Shen, Xiangrong Li, Minfu He, Hong Shi, Hanfang Zhao, Shuang Zha, Shuyin Qiao, Yuyu Li, Yajiao Pu, Xinwen Fan, Xia Guo, Hongjian Liu

Published in: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine | Issue 1/2021

Abstract

Background

Limited published research has examined the relationships of negative life events and coping styles with sleep quality in Chinese junior high school students. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of poor sleep quality and to clarify the role of coping styles between negative life events and sleep quality.

Methods

A cross-sectional study of 3081 students was conducted in Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, Southeastern China. Adolescent Self-Rating Life Events Checklist, Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire, and Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index were applied to assess negative life events, coping styles, and sleep quality, respectively. Descriptive analyses, independent-samples t tests, one-way analyses of variance, Pearson correlation analyses, and structural equation modeling (SEM) were applied to analyze the data.

Results

The prevalence of poor sleep quality was 26.7%. Negative life events (B = 0.038, P < 0.001) and negative coping style (B = 0.049, P < 0.001) demonstrated a positive association with poor sleep quality, while positive coping style indicated a negative association with poor sleep quality (B = −0.029, P < 0.001). Interactions of negative life events and coping styles with sleep quality were not found (all P > 0.05). The association between negative life events and sleep quality was mediated by negative coping styles.

Conclusions

Our results indicated that poor sleep quality was common in these Chinese adolescents. Negative life events and negative coping style were associated with an increased prevalence of poor sleep quality, while the positive coping style was related to a decreased prevalence of poor sleep quality. A negative coping style mediated the association between negative life events and sleep quality.

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Title: Associations of negative life events and coping styles with sleep quality among Chinese adolescents: a cross-sectional study
Authors: Zheng Ren
Xiumin Zhang
Yue Shen
Xiangrong Li
Minfu He
Hong Shi
Hanfang Zhao
Shuang Zha
Shuyin Qiao
Yuyu Li
Yajiao Pu
Xinwen Fan
Xia Guo
Hongjian Liu
Publication date: 01-12-2021
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine / Issue 1/2021
Print ISSN: 1342-078X
Electronic ISSN: 1347-4715
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12199-021-01007-2

At a glance: The STEP trials

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Associations of negative life events and coping styles with sleep quality among Chinese adolescents: a cross-sectional study

Abstract

Background

Methods

Results

Conclusions

At a glance: The STEP trials

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Abstract

Background

Methods

Results

Conclusions

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