Introduction

Despite the growing body of cross-sectional research linking sleep problems and school burnout, hardly any research has investigated the longitudinal relationship between these two constructs. The aim of this study was to examine the bidirectional association between sleep problems and school burnout in middle school students.

Methods

A prospective design was used incorporating four time points (approximately 6-month interval). The participants were 1226 (50.3% girls) middle school students from 4 public schools who were in 7th grade at baseline. On average, participants were approximately 12.5 years old at the beginning of the study (M_age = 12.73, SD = 0.68). All participants completed self-report measures in classrooms during regular school hours. The data were analyzed using a cross-lagged structural equation model. We also examined the stability of sleep problems and school burnout in time, and investigated the moderating role of gender.

Results

The results indicated there is a moderate stability for both sleep problems and school burnout, and those students with sleep problems were more likely to develop school burnout, and vice versa. Gender did not moderate the bidirectional relationship.

Conclusions

These results suggest that future studies should investigate whether implementing intervention for sleep problems can decrease the occurrence of school burnout and whether interventions targeting school burnout can improve sleep problems.

中文翻译：

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青少年睡眠问题与学习倦怠的纵向关系：交叉滞后面板分析

介绍

尽管越来越多的横断面研究将睡眠问题和学校倦怠联系起来，但几乎没有任何研究调查过这两种结构之间的纵向关系。本研究的目的是检查中学生睡眠问题与学校倦怠之间的双向关联。

方法

使用包含四个时间点（大约 6 个月间隔）的前瞻性设计。参与者是来自 4 所公立学校的 1226 名（50.3% 女生）初中学生，她们在基线时就读于 7 年级。平均而言，参与者在研究开始时大约 12.5 岁（M_年龄 = 12.73，SD  = 0.68）。所有参与者在正常上课时间在课堂上完成了自我报告措施。使用交叉滞后结构方程模型分析数据。我们还及时检查了睡眠问题和学校倦怠的稳定性，并调查了性别的调节作用。

结果

结果表明，睡眠问题和学习倦怠均具有中等稳定性，有睡眠问题的学生更容易出现学习倦怠，反之亦然。性别没有调节双向关系。

结论

这些结果表明，未来的研究应该调查实施睡眠问题干预措施是否可以减少学校倦怠的发生，以及针对学校倦怠的干预措施是否可以改善睡眠问题。