Herrell Cheyenne, Foster Stephen
Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
Penn State York, York, Pennsylvania, USA.
J Am Coll Health. 2024 Mar 28:1-7. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2024.2334068.
Prior work has suggested the impact of problematic phone use on the mental health of graduate students. This research explores the mediating effect of sleep quality on this link.
A total of 186 graduate students from the United States were collected using an online data acquisition platform. Graduate study areas represented a wide range of subjects.
Participants completed questionnaires about problematic phone use, sleep quality, and both anxiety and depressive symptoms. Phone use was further broken down into time spent on specific phone applications.
Analyses revealed significant indirect effects from problematic phone use to both depression and anxiety through diminished sleep quality. Effects were stronger for individuals who spent higher amounts of time on social media applications.
Findings suggest that U.S. graduate students are particularly prone to the negative effects of problematic phone use. Implications for interventions in graduate programs are discussed.
先前的研究表明，有问题的手机使用行为会对研究生的心理健康产生影响。本研究探讨睡眠质量在这一关联中的中介作用。
通过在线数据采集平台收集了来自美国的186名研究生。研究生的研究领域涵盖广泛的学科。
参与者完成了关于有问题的手机使用、睡眠质量以及焦虑和抑郁症状的问卷调查。手机使用情况进一步细分为在特定手机应用上花费的时间。
分析显示，有问题的手机使用通过睡眠质量下降对抑郁和焦虑都产生了显著的间接影响。对于在社交媒体应用上花费时间较多的个体，这种影响更强。
研究结果表明，美国研究生特别容易受到有问题的手机使用行为的负面影响。文中讨论了对研究生项目干预措施的启示。
