Internet addiction, sleep quality, and sleep-wake chronotype among first-year undergraduate students
10.3760/cma.j.cn113661-20200717-00338
- VernacularTitle:大学新生网络成瘾、睡眠质量及日周期类型的现况调查
- Author:
Lingli YI
1
;
Yujie TAO
;
Xia YANG
;
Qiuyue LYU
;
Xiaojing LI
;
Yukun KANG
;
Wanjie TANG
;
Zeren GESANG
;
Yingmei WANG
;
Yansong LIU
;
Zhen TANG
;
Xiangdong DU
;
Qiang WANG
;
Wei DENG
;
Xiaohong MA
;
Tao LI
;
Wanjun GUO
Author Information
1. 四川大学华西医院心理卫生中心及精神医学研究室，成都 610041
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Students;
Sleep;
Internet addiction;
Sleep-wake chronotype
- From:
Chinese Journal of Psychiatry
2021;54(2):132-137
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:This study aims to investigate the prevalence of internet addiction, morningness-eveningness preference of sleep-wake chronotype, and sleep quality and the correlates of internet addition among first-year undergraduate students.Methods:The newly admitted undergraduates ( n=9 157) of a comprehensive university in 2019 were invited to participate in an online survey from September 2019 to December 2019. The Young′s 20-item Internet Addiction Test, the Pittsburgh sleep quality index, and the Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQ) were used to measure internet addiction, sleep quality, and the types of morningness-eveningness preference respectively. Logistic regression analysis was used to analyze factors independently related to internet addiction with demographic variables (i.e., gender and age), sleep problems, and morningness-eveningness preference adjusted. Results:A total of 7 457 (81.4%) newly admitted undergraduates completed the questionnaires. The prevalence of internet addiction in the total sample was 8.86% (661/7 457), while the corresponding figures were 10.04% (348/3 466) in female students and 7.84% (313/3 991) in male students. The prevalence of sleep problems was 11.73% (875/7 457). For chronotype, the prevalence of evening type, intermediate type, and morning type was 54.73% (4 081/7 457), 43.02% (3 208/7 457) and 2.25% (168/7 457) respectively. After adjusting the interaction of related factors in the logistic regression analysis, being female ( OR=1.26), having sleep quality ( OR=4.12), and having sleep-wake chronotype of intermediate type ( OR=0.37) and morning type ( OR=0.24) were independently associated with internet addiction. Conclusions:Female students had higher prevalence of internet addiction than male students. Majority of students had a chronotype of intermediate or evening type. The sleep-wake chronotype was independently associated with internet addiction after controlling sleep quality, which indicated that sleep biological rhythm may be involved in the mechanism of the occurrence of internet addiction.
