School of Psychology, Shaanxi Provincial Key Research Center of Child Mental and Behavioral Health, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Behavior and Cognitive Neuroscience, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710062, China.
J Adolesc. 2021 Apr;88:14-24. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2021.02.001. Epub 2021 Feb 13.
Despite the growing body of cross-sectional research linking sleep problems and school burnout, hardly any research has investigated the longitudinal relationship between these two constructs. The aim of this study was to examine the bidirectional association between sleep problems and school burnout in middle school students.
A prospective design was used incorporating four time points (approximately 6-month interval). The participants were 1226 (50.3% girls) middle school students from 4 public schools who were in 7th grade at baseline. On average, participants were approximately 12.5 years old at the beginning of the study (M = 12.73, SD = 0.68). All participants completed self-report measures in classrooms during regular school hours. The data were analyzed using a cross-lagged structural equation model. We also examined the stability of sleep problems and school burnout in time, and investigated the moderating role of gender.
The results indicated there is a moderate stability for both sleep problems and school burnout, and those students with sleep problems were more likely to develop school burnout, and vice versa. Gender did not moderate the bidirectional relationship.
These results suggest that future studies should investigate whether implementing intervention for sleep problems can decrease the occurrence of school burnout and whether interventions targeting school burnout can improve sleep problems.
尽管越来越多的横断面研究将睡眠问题与学业倦怠联系起来，但几乎没有研究调查这两个结构之间的纵向关系。本研究旨在探讨中学生睡眠问题与学业倦怠之间的双向关联。
采用前瞻性设计，包含四个时间点（大约 6 个月的间隔）。参与者为来自 4 所公立学校的 1226 名（50.3%为女生）中学生，他们在基线时处于 7 年级。平均而言，参与者在研究开始时大约 12.5 岁（M=12.73，SD=0.68）。所有参与者均在正常上课时间在教室里完成自我报告量表。使用交叉滞后结构方程模型对数据进行分析。我们还考察了睡眠问题和学业倦怠在时间上的稳定性，并调查了性别调节作用。
结果表明，睡眠问题和学业倦怠都具有中等稳定性，而且睡眠问题患者更有可能发展为学业倦怠，反之亦然。性别并没有调节这种双向关系。
这些结果表明，未来的研究应该调查实施睡眠问题干预是否可以降低学业倦怠的发生，以及针对学业倦怠的干预是否可以改善睡眠问题。
