Department of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Catanzaro "Magna Græcia", Catanzaro, Italy.
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Catanzaro "Magna Græcia", Catanzaro, Italy.
Front Public Health. 2024 May 15;12:1392571. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1392571. eCollection 2024.
This study aimed to investigate sleep habits and examine the relationship between sleep quality and its potential predictors, namely Emotional Intelligence (EI) and perceived health status.
The present cross-sectional study was conducted between February 13 and February 28, 2023, at the "Magna Græcia" University of Catanzaro, in the Southern part of Italy. The study involved undergraduate students who were 18 years or older, proficient in the Italian language, and with no restrictions on the major attended. They completed a self-administered survey on socio-demographic information, health status, sleep quality (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index-PSQI), EI, and perceived health status.
The majority of the sample (59.6%) was enrolled in medical or life science majors. The results showed a high prevalence of poor sleep quality and sleep latency was identified as the most affected aspect of it. The female gender and the self-perceived health status were the strongest predictors of poor sleep quality. Poor sleepers showed lower emotional clarity, emotional repair, and total EI scores. Moreover, as age increased, the odds of being classified as a poor sleeper increased by 7%.
The survey highlights that poor sleep health is still a significant issue and empowering individuals to make proactive decisions to adopt healthy lifestyles in the early phase of life is of paramount importance. The study exhibited the interesting role of EI in influencing sleep quality, highlighting that when emotional events are insufficiently regulated, it may result in sleep disturbances. Therefore, the promotion of sleep quality requires an integrated yet innovative approach including emotion regulation.
本研究旨在调查睡眠习惯，并研究睡眠质量与其潜在预测因素之间的关系，即情绪智力 (EI) 和感知健康状况。
本横断面研究于 2023 年 2 月 13 日至 2 月 28 日在意大利南部卡拉布里亚大区的“Magna Græcia”大学进行。研究对象为 18 岁及以上、精通意大利语且无专业限制的本科生。他们完成了一份关于社会人口统计学信息、健康状况、睡眠质量（匹兹堡睡眠质量指数-PSQI）、EI 和感知健康状况的自我管理问卷调查。
样本中大多数（59.6%）是医学或生命科学专业的学生。结果表明，睡眠质量差的比例较高，且睡眠潜伏期是受影响最大的方面。女性性别和自我感知的健康状况是睡眠质量差的最强预测因素。睡眠质量差的人表现出较低的情绪清晰度、情绪修复和总 EI 得分。此外，随着年龄的增长，被归类为睡眠质量差的可能性增加了 7%。
该调查强调了睡眠健康仍然是一个重要问题，使个人在生命早期积极主动地做出健康生活方式的决策至关重要。该研究展示了 EI 在影响睡眠质量方面的有趣作用，表明当情绪事件得不到充分调节时，可能会导致睡眠障碍。因此，提高睡眠质量需要采取综合而创新的方法，包括情绪调节。
