The effect of sleep quality on social anxiety among college students: mediating effects of regulatory emotional self-efficacy and dormitory interpersonal distress

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10.2991/978-2-38476-126-5_119How to use a DOI?

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Chinese college students; sleep quality; social anxiety; regulatory emotional self-efficacy; dormitory interpersonal relationships; Chain mediation model

Abstract

Chinese college students need to live in dormitories with others for long periods of time, often leading to sleep and social inconvenience. According to the cognitive model of insomnia and social anxiety, the current study aimed to investigate whether emotion regulation self-efficacy and dormitory interpersonal relationships jointly play a chain mediating role between sleep quality and social anxiety. 922 Chinese students completed Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy Scale, Dormitory Interpersonal Relationship Diagnostic Scale, and Interaction Anxiousness Scale. We adopted structural equation modelling (SEM) to analyze whether the chain mediation model is valid. The results shed light on that the better the quality of sleep of college students, the higher the self-efficacy of regulating emotions, the less interpersonal conflict in the dormitory, and the lower the level of social anxiety. This study provides a new perspective for college educators to consider when dealing with students’ psychological issues. We suggest that college educators can understand the situation from students’ sleeping conditions and dormitory interpersonal relationships when dealing with college students’ social anxiety, consequently enhancing students’ ability to manage their emotions in their daily education.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Aiwen Sun
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/10/31
TI  - The effect of sleep quality on social anxiety among college students: mediating effects of regulatory emotional self-efficacy and dormitory interpersonal distress
BT  - Proceedings of the 2023 7th International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1069
EP  - 1086
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-126-5_119
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-126-5_119
ID  - Sun2023
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