Effects of physical activity on sleep quality among university students: chain mediation between rumination and depression levels
Abstract Background Colleges and universities are currently facing the major public health issue of poor sleep quality. Sleep quality must be taken seriously to maintain the students’ emotional and physical well-being. Thus, this study sought to determine how university students’ levels of physical...
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| description | Abstract Background Colleges and universities are currently facing the major public health issue of poor sleep quality. Sleep quality must be taken seriously to maintain the students’ emotional and physical well-being. Thus, this study sought to determine how university students’ levels of physical activity related to the quality of their sleep, as well as to explore the mechanisms via which physical activity affects sleep and provide suggestions for improving it. Methods A total of 883 university students from Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, China participated in the study. Their physical activity, sleep quality, ruminative thinking levels, and depression were assessed using various questionnaires. Results Through the mediating effects of rumination and depression as well as the chain-mediated effects of these two factors, physical exercise changed the quality of sleep. Conclusion University students’ sleep quality can be improved by increasing their physical activity and decreasing ruminative thinking and depression levels. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9b46441b7daa4a6c9dfaad83da7d75472025-01-05T12:42:38ZengBMCBMC Psychiatry1471-244X2025-01-0125111010.1186/s12888-024-06450-3Effects of physical activity on sleep quality among university students: chain mediation between rumination and depression levelsLijing Xu0Wenjing Yan1Guohuan Hua2Ziqing He3Chunmei Wu4Ming Hao5School of Public Health and Health Management, Gannan Medical UniversityKey Laboratory of Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Ministry of Education, Gannan Medical UniversityJiangxi College of Applied TechnologySchool of Public Health and Health Management, Gannan Medical UniversitySchool of Public Health and Health Management, Gannan Medical UniversitySchool of Public Health and Health Management, Gannan Medical UniversityAbstract Background Colleges and universities are currently facing the major public health issue of poor sleep quality. Sleep quality must be taken seriously to maintain the students’ emotional and physical well-being. Thus, this study sought to determine how university students’ levels of physical activity related to the quality of their sleep, as well as to explore the mechanisms via which physical activity affects sleep and provide suggestions for improving it. Methods A total of 883 university students from Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, China participated in the study. Their physical activity, sleep quality, ruminative thinking levels, and depression were assessed using various questionnaires. Results Through the mediating effects of rumination and depression as well as the chain-mediated effects of these two factors, physical exercise changed the quality of sleep. Conclusion University students’ sleep quality can be improved by increasing their physical activity and decreasing ruminative thinking and depression levels.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-024-06450-3University studentsPhysical activitySleep qualityMediating effects |
| spellingShingle | Lijing Xu Wenjing Yan Guohuan Hua Ziqing He Chunmei Wu Ming Hao Effects of physical activity on sleep quality among university students: chain mediation between rumination and depression levels BMC Psychiatry University students Physical activity Sleep quality Mediating effects |
| title | Effects of physical activity on sleep quality among university students: chain mediation between rumination and depression levels |
| title_full | Effects of physical activity on sleep quality among university students: chain mediation between rumination and depression levels |
| title_fullStr | Effects of physical activity on sleep quality among university students: chain mediation between rumination and depression levels |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of physical activity on sleep quality among university students: chain mediation between rumination and depression levels |
| title_short | Effects of physical activity on sleep quality among university students: chain mediation between rumination and depression levels |
| title_sort | effects of physical activity on sleep quality among university students chain mediation between rumination and depression levels |
| topic | University students Physical activity Sleep quality Mediating effects |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-024-06450-3 |
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