Effects of physical activity on sleep quality among university students: chain mediation between rumination and depression levels.

IF 3.4 2区医学 Q2 PSYCHIATRY

BMC Psychiatry Pub Date : 2025-01-02 DOI:10.1186/s12888-024-06450-3

Lijing Xu, Wenjing Yan, Guohuan Hua, Ziqing He, Chunmei Wu, Ming Hao

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Abstract

Background: Colleges and universities are currently facing the major public health issue of poor sleep quality. Sleep quality must be taken seriously to maintain the students' emotional and physical well-being. Thus, this study sought to determine how university students' levels of physical activity related to the quality of their sleep, as well as to explore the mechanisms via which physical activity affects sleep and provide suggestions for improving it.

Methods: A total of 883 university students from Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, China participated in the study. Their physical activity, sleep quality, ruminative thinking levels, and depression were assessed using various questionnaires.

Results: Through the mediating effects of rumination and depression as well as the chain-mediated effects of these two factors, physical exercise changed the quality of sleep.

Conclusion: University students' sleep quality can be improved by increasing their physical activity and decreasing ruminative thinking and depression levels.

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体育活动对大学生睡眠质量的影响：反刍与抑郁水平的连锁中介作用。

背景：睡眠质量差是当前高校面临的重大公共卫生问题。睡眠质量必须得到重视，以保持学生的身心健康。因此，本研究试图确定大学生的体育活动水平与睡眠质量之间的关系，并探索体育活动影响睡眠的机制，并提供改善睡眠的建议。方法：对来自江西省赣州市的883名大学生进行问卷调查。他们的身体活动、睡眠质量、反刍思维水平和抑郁程度通过各种问卷进行评估。结果：体育锻炼通过反刍和抑郁的中介作用以及这两个因素的连锁中介作用，改变了睡眠质量。结论：通过增加体育锻炼，减少反刍思维和抑郁水平，可以改善大学生的睡眠质量。

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BMC Psychiatry 医学-精神病学

CiteScore

5.90

自引率

4.50%

发文量

716

审稿时长

3-6 weeks

期刊介绍： BMC Psychiatry is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of psychiatric disorders, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.