Department of Health Management, School of Public Health, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China.
Department of medical administration, The First Psychiatric Hospital of Harbin, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.
BMC Psychiatry. 2023 May 12;23(1):333. doi: 10.1186/s12888-023-04799-5.
It has been documented that social media addiction (SMA) has a detrimental effect on college students' academic engagement. However, the mechanisms underlying this association are not well understood. This study aimed to determine the serial mediation effects of sleep quality and fatigue on the relationship between SMA and academic engagement among college students.
A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 2661 college students (43.3% males, mean age = 19.97 years). The participants completed the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale, the Utrecht Student Work Engagement Scale for Students, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and the Fatigue Assessment Scale. The serial mediation effects were examined using Model 6 in the Hayes' PROCESS macro for SPSS.
The results showed that SMA among college students had a direct negative relationship with their academic engagement (Effect = - 0.051, 95% CI: -0.087 to - 0.015). In addition, sleep quality and fatigue mediated the relationship between SMA and academic engagement both independent and serially, with the independent mediation effect of sleep quality being - 0.031 (95% CI: -0.048 to - 0.016), the independent mediation effect of fatigue being - 0.109 (95% CI: -0.133 to - 0.088), and the serial mediation effect of sleep quality and fatigue being - 0.080 (95% CI: -0.095 to - 0.066). The total indirect effect of the three mediation paths was 80.9%.
Decreased academic engagement caused by SMA can be aggravated by poor sleep quality and fatigue. Strengthening supervision and intervention in social media use among college students, supplemented by attention to psychosomatic health, including sleep quality and fatigue could promote their engagement in academic work.
社交媒体成瘾(SMA)已被证明对大学生的学业投入有不利影响。然而,这种关联的机制尚不清楚。本研究旨在确定睡眠质量和疲劳在大学生 SMA 与学业投入之间的关系中的序列中介效应。
采用横断面调查方法,对 2661 名大学生(男生占 43.3%,平均年龄 19.97 岁)进行调查。参与者完成了 Bergen 社交媒体成瘾量表、乌得勒支大学生工作投入量表、匹兹堡睡眠质量指数和疲劳评估量表。使用 SPSS 中的 Hayes' PROCESS 宏的模型 6检验序列中介效应。
结果表明,大学生的 SMA 与其学业投入呈直接负相关(效应值=-0.051,95%CI:-0.087 至-0.015)。此外,睡眠质量和疲劳独立且连续地中介了 SMA 和学业投入之间的关系,其中睡眠质量的独立中介效应为-0.031(95%CI:-0.048 至-0.016),疲劳的独立中介效应为-0.109(95%CI:-0.133 至-0.088),睡眠质量和疲劳的连续中介效应为-0.080(95%CI:-0.095 至-0.066)。三条中介路径的总间接效应为 80.9%。
SMA 导致的学业投入减少可能会因睡眠质量差和疲劳而加重。加强对大学生社交媒体使用的监督和干预,并辅以对身心健康(包括睡眠质量和疲劳)的关注,可以促进他们对学业的投入。