Xia Chun, Xu Jia, Wang Yaya
School of Educational Science, Anhui Normal University, Jiuhua-Nan-Road 189, Wuhu 241000, China.
School of Marxism, Anhui Normal University, Jiuhua-Nan-Road 189, Wuhu 241000, China.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2023 Nov 7;13(11):909. doi: 10.3390/bs13110909.
Sleep problems in middle-aged and older people can threaten their physical and mental health. Family support is regarded as a key factor that affects sleep quality, but the influence mechanism remains underexplored. This study analyzes the mediating effects of fear of crime (FOC) and loneliness in the relationship between family support and sleep quality, and explores whether gender plays a moderating role between family support and FOC. A questionnaire survey was conducted among 1043 Chinese middle-aged and older people aged 45-93 years. Using 10,000 bootstrapped samples, the study shows that middle-aged and older people who receive more family support have better sleep quality, and FOC and loneliness play mediating role in this association. Gender moderates the relationship between family support and FOC. Compared with men, family support for females has a greater impact on their FOC condition, and the mediating effect of family support on sleep quality through FOC is also greater among women. Family support can affect sleep quality through the chain mediating effect of FOC and loneliness for women. This study provides an in-depth understanding of the relationship between family support and sleep quality.
中老年人的睡眠问题会威胁他们的身心健康。家庭支持被视为影响睡眠质量的关键因素，但影响机制仍未得到充分探索。本研究分析了对犯罪的恐惧（FOC）和孤独感在家庭支持与睡眠质量关系中的中介作用，并探讨性别在家庭支持与FOC之间是否起调节作用。对1043名年龄在45 - 93岁的中国中老年人进行了问卷调查。通过10000个自抽样样本，研究表明，获得更多家庭支持的中老年人睡眠质量更好，FOC和孤独感在这种关联中起中介作用。性别调节家庭支持与FOC之间的关系。与男性相比，家庭支持对女性的FOC状况影响更大，并且家庭支持通过FOC对睡眠质量的中介作用在女性中也更大。家庭支持可通过FOC和孤独感的链式中介作用影响女性的睡眠质量。本研究深入了解了家庭支持与睡眠质量之间的关系。
