ArticleAlpha psychiatry2025
The Role of Bedtime Procrastination, Rumination, Loneliness, and Positive Body Image in Predicting Sleep Quality Among University Students: A Sex-Specific Analysis.
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- Bedtime procrastination as the missing link between chronotype and insomnia.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Poor sleep quality and loneliness among higher vocational college students: a conditional process analysis of psychological resilience and self-esteem.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The future seen: Does episodic future thinking influence health decision-making in adolescents?International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHPArticle
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Abstract
Objective: This study aimed to analyze the impact of bedtime procrastination, rumination, loneliness, and positive body image on university students' sleep quality, and to explore potential mediating pathways and sex differences. Methods: A total of 674 students from a university in southern China were recruited. Assessments of participants' body measurements were conducted, followed by the completion of a general information questionnaire, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Bedtime Procrastination Scale, Body Appreciation Scale, Body Image-Acceptance and Action Questionnaire, Ruminative Responses Scale, and University of Loneliness Scale. Stepwise multiple linear regression and mediation models were employed to separately analyze the associations between sleep quality and the aforementioned factors in males and females. Results: Sex differences in sleep quality were apparent, with women having worse sleep quality than men ( Conclusions: Sleep quality and bedtime procrastination were worse in women than in men. The sleep quality of female students may be increased by focusing on enhancing positive body image, while for male students, managing rumination and reducing loneliness could be helpful.
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