Xin Fang,Fang Wang,Wenxiu Tian,Jundong Liao,Xinyi Wei,Li Lei
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Abstract
Previous studies have shown that peer victimization has a negative effect on sleep quality. However, there is limited understanding of how peer victimization affects sleep quality. According to the theoretical model of the stress-sleep relationship, stressors, such as peer victimization, affect individuals' sleep quality by affecting their cognitive processes and emotional responses. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the cognitive (rumination) and emotional (anxiety) mechanisms of the relationship between peer victimization (traditional and cyber victimization) and sleep quality. Using a 2-wave longitudinal design, 1,092 college students (620 males, mean age at time 1 = 19.53 ± 0.83 years) completed self-reported measures of demographic characteristics, traditional victimization, cyber victimization, rumination, anxiety, and sleep quality. A structural equation model was conducted to test the chain mediating role of rumination and anxiety in the relationship between peer victimization (traditional and cyber victimization) and sleep quality. The findings showed that the mechanisms between traditional victimization and sleep quality were not exactly the same as those between cyber victimization and sleep quality. Specifically, traditional victimization indirectly predicted sleep quality through a separate mediating effect of rumination, a separate mediating effect of anxiety, as well as a chain mediating effect of rumination and anxiety. Cyber victimization indirectly predicted sleep quality through a separate mediating effect of rumination, as well as a chain mediating effect of rumination and anxiety. This study contributes to understanding how traditional and cyber victimization affect sleep quality among college students. It reminds us that when formulating programs to promote the sleep quality of college students, we should focus not only on reducing their traditional and cyber victimization but also on addressing rumination and anxiety.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Interpersonal Violence is devoted to the study and treatment of victims and perpetrators of interpersonal violence. It provides a forum of discussion of the concerns and activities of professionals and researchers working in domestic violence, child sexual abuse, rape and sexual assault, physical child abuse, and violent crime. With its dual focus on victims and victimizers, the journal will publish material that addresses the causes, effects, treatment, and prevention of all types of violence. JIV only publishes reports on individual studies in which the scientific method is applied to the study of some aspect of interpersonal violence. Research may use qualitative or quantitative methods. JIV does not publish reviews of research, individual case studies, or the conceptual analysis of some aspect of interpersonal violence. Outcome data for program or intervention evaluations must include a comparison or control group.