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A Moderated Mediation Model of the Relationship between Family Dynamics and Sleep Quality in College Students: The Role of Big Five Personality and Only-Child Status

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  • Xiaocen Jia

    (School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China)

  • Yiqing Huang

    (School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China)

  • Wenli Yu

    (School of Liberal Education, Weifang University of Science and Technology, Shouguang 262700, China)

  • Wai-Kit Ming

    (Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China)

  • Fei Qi

    (Qingdao Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Qingdao 266033, China
    Qingdao Institute of Preventive Medicine, Qingdao 266033, China)

  • Yibo Wu

    (School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
    Health Culture Research Center of Shaanxi, Key Research Base of Philosophy and Social Sciences in Shaanxi Province, Xi’an 725106, China)

Abstract

Sleep quality among college students is affected by numerous factors. Previous studies have linked sleep quality to family dynamics as well as personality. However, little is known about the mechanisms underlying this relationship. The aim of this study is to incorporate a moderated mediation model to explore the big five personality traits in mediating the relationship between family dynamics and sleep quality and whether this indirect relationship is modified by only-child status among Chinese undergraduate students. Survey data were collected from a cross-sectional study conducted in Shandong, China and 1022 undergraduate students aged 18–24 were recruited. The mediation and moderated mediation modeling analyses were carried out with the software SPSS PROCESS macro. After controlling for gender and grade, mediation analysis indicated that conscientiousness and agreeableness of the big five personality traits partially mediated the link between family dynamics and sleep quality (β = −0.0093, CI: −0.0178, −0.0018; β = −0.0047, CI: −0.0084, −0.0013), and moderation analysis found only-child status acted as a moderator in the relationship between family dynamics and the agreeableness of the big five personality traits (only child, β = −0.0129, CI: −0.0196, −0.0072; non-only-child, β = −0.0040, CI: −0.0078, −0.0002). Results showed that family dynamics positively predicted sleep quality both directly and indirectly via the conscientiousness and agreeableness of big five personality traits. Only-child status moderated the indirect association between family dynamics and agreeableness of big five personality traits. The current study advanced our understanding of the mechanism underlying the connection between family dynamics and sleep quality and helped to develop intervention measures to improve sleep quality of college students.

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  • Xiaocen Jia & Yiqing Huang & Wenli Yu & Wai-Kit Ming & Fei Qi & Yibo Wu, 2022. "A Moderated Mediation Model of the Relationship between Family Dynamics and Sleep Quality in College Students: The Role of Big Five Personality and Only-Child Status," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(6), pages 1-14, March.
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