Adams Sue K, Murdock Karla K, Daly-Cano Meada, Rose Meredith
Department of Human Development & Family Studies/Professor/College of Health Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02891, USA.
Department of Psychology, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA 24450, USA.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2020 Feb 6;10(2):54. doi: 10.3390/bs10020054.
The college years are characterized by psychosocial and biological phenomena that may impact mental health, such as heightened sensitivity to social stressors and compromises in sleep quantity and quality. The current study uses a biopsychosocial approach to examine the associations among interpersonal stress, Fear of Missing Out (FoMO), insomnia, and mental health.
Survey data were collected from 283 undergraduate students (90% female) with a mean age of 21.4 years. A path analysis was utilized to test a mediational model linking interpersonal stress and FoMO with mental health through a mediator of insomnia. We hypothesized that higher levels of interpersonal stress and FoMO would be associated with higher levels of insomnia symptoms, which would in turn be associated with poorer mental health.
As predicted, insomnia partially mediated significant associations of interpersonal stress and FoMO with mental health. The association of interpersonal stress with insomnia and mental health was more robust than the association of FoMO with these variables.
The pathway from interpersonal stress and/or FoMO, through insomnia, to compromises in mental health may be modifiable through behavioral interventions focusing on coping skills, sleep hygiene, and even technology-related habit changes. Recommendations to help disrupt this pathway, particularly among college students, are discussed.
大学时期具有一些可能影响心理健康的社会心理和生物学现象，比如对社会压力源的高度敏感以及睡眠数量和质量的下降。本研究采用生物心理社会方法来考察人际压力、错失恐惧（FoMO）、失眠和心理健康之间的关联。
收集了283名本科生（90%为女性）的调查数据，平均年龄为21.4岁。采用路径分析来检验一个中介模型，该模型通过失眠这一中介变量将人际压力和错失恐惧与心理健康联系起来。我们假设，人际压力和错失恐惧水平越高，失眠症状水平就越高，而这反过来又与较差的心理健康相关。
正如预测的那样，失眠部分中介了人际压力和错失恐惧与心理健康之间的显著关联。人际压力与失眠和心理健康之间的关联比错失恐惧与这些变量之间的关联更强。
从人际压力和/或错失恐惧，经失眠，到心理健康受损的这一途径，可能通过侧重于应对技巧、睡眠卫生甚至与技术相关的习惯改变的行为干预来加以调整。本文讨论了有助于中断这一途径的建议，尤其是针对大学生的建议。
