What complex factors influence sleep quality in college students? PLS-SEM vs. fsQCA

Frontiers in Psychology

Psychology

Jie Zhu¹  Ying Wang¹  Zeling Xu¹  Jiayao Lou¹  Xinyi Dai¹  Keda Chen² 

[1] Shulan International Medical College, Zhejiang Shuren University, Hangzhou, China;null;

关键词: sleep quality;    stress;    self-control;    qualitative comparative analysis;    structural equation models;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1185896

 received in 2023-03-14, accepted in 2023-08-10,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

IntroductionSleep quality has a significant impact on the health-related quality of life, particularly among college students. This study proposes a framework for identifying factors that influence college students’ sleep quality, including stress, self-control, bedtime habits, and neighborhood environment.MethodsThe study employed a cross-sectional analytical approach on a convenience sample of 255 medical students from a private university in China during the 2021/2022 academic year, of which 80.39% (205) were women. Two complementary methodologies, partial least squares-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM), and fuzzy sets qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA), were utilized in the study.ResultsThe results of the PLS-SEM analysis suggest that Stress and Self-control act as mediating variables in the model, with Bedtime habits and Neighborhood environment influencing sleep quality through these variables. Additionally, the fsQCA analysis reveals that Bedtime habits and Neighborhood environment can combine with Stress and Self-control, respectively, to influence sleep quality.DiscussionThese findings provide insight into how multiple factors, such as Stress, Self-control, Bedtime habits, and Neighborhood environment, can impact college students’ sleep quality, and can be used to develop intervention programs aimed at improving it. Moreover, the use of both methodologies enables the expansion of new methodological approaches that can be applied to different contexts.

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