A latent profile analysis of sleep disturbance in relation to mental health among college students in China

Frontiers in Public Health

Public Health

Bingna Xu¹  Jianyao Shao¹  Zigeng He¹  Chunping Chen¹  Dongfang Wang² 

[1] Institute of Education, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China;School of Psychology, Centre for Studies of Psychological Applications, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Brain Cognition and Educational Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China;

关键词: sleep disturbance;    depressive symptoms;    psychotic-like experience;    resilience;    college students;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2023.1107692

 received in 2022-11-25, accepted in 2023-03-27,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

AimsThis study aimed to examine the subtype classification characteristics of sleep disturbance (SD) in college students and their associations with sample characteristic factors and mental health outcomes.MethodsThe sample comprised 4,302 college students (Mean age = 19.92 ± 1.42 years, 58.6% females). The Youth Self-Rating Insomnia Scale, Beck Depression Inventory, 8-item Positive Subscale of the Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences, and 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale were used to assess adolescents’ sleep disturbance, depressive symptoms, psychotic-like experiences (PLEs), and resilience. Latent profile analysis, logistic regression, and liner regression analysis were used to analyze the data.ResultsThree subtypes of SD in college students were identified: the high SD profile (10.6%), the mild SD profile (37.5%), and the no SD profile (51.9%). Compared with college students in the “no SD” profile, risk factors for “high SD” include being male and poor parental marital status. Sophomores were found to predict the “high SD” profile or “mild SD” profile relative to the “no SD” profile. College students in the “mild SD” profile or “high SD” profile were more likely to have a higher level of depressive symptoms and PLEs, while a lower level of resilience.ConclusionThe findings highlighted that target intervention is urgently needed for male college students, sophomores, and those with poor parental marital status in the “mild SD” profile or “high SD” profile.

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