Stress on Sleep-Induced Decline in Quality of Life among College Students: The Mediating Role of Body Pain

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62517/jmpe.202618103

Author(s)

Jiayin Li, Peng Qiu*

Affiliation(s)

Department of Physical Education, Jilin University, Changchun, China *Corresponding Author

Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between college students' stress, physical pain, and sleep-induced decline in quality of life. 1305 college students were enrolled in this cross sectional study. A self-made questionnaire was used to investigate the decline of QoL, stress, and body pain. To investigate the mediating effect of body pain between stress and declined QoL, structural equation modeling was performed using SPSS 25.0 and ProcessV3.5 software packages. Stress positively predicts the decline in QoL caused by poor sleep. Meanwhile, stress affects declined QoL through the mediating role of physical pain, with an indirect effect value of 0.089, accounting for 10.3%. Stress significantly impacts declined QoL, and it has been found that stress mediates the effect on declined QoL through physical pain. The physical and mental health issues among college students should not be overlooked. Major physical and mental health problems such as excessive stress and physical pain require attention from relevant management departments. Furthermore, systematic preventive and therapeutic measures should be introduced.

Keywords

Stress; Sleep-Induced Decline in Quality of Life; Body Pain; College Students

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