1.Longitudinal study on the associations between sleep problems and non suicidal self injury behaviors in college students
LIAO Wenna, SUN Yongpeng, KONG Fanxu, LUO Xianghan
Chinese Journal of School Health 2025;46(10):1454-1458
Objective:
To explore the longitudinal relationships between sleep problems and non suicidal self injury (NSSI) behaviors in college students, so as to provide a theoretical basis for the prevention and intervention of NSSI.
Methods:
In October 2023 (T1), a total of 1 009 college students from two provincial colleges in Guangdong were selected by using a combination of convenience sampling and stratified cluster random sampling for a 1 year follow up survey (October 2024, T2). The students were assessed by using the Insomnia Severity Index(ISI), Non restorative Sleep Scale(NRSS), Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), and Adolescent Non suicidal Self injury Assessment Questionnaire(ANSAQ). Data analysis was performed using McNemar’s test and Logistic regression.
Results:
The detection rate of NSSI behaviors was 18.83% at T1 and decreased to 7.73% at T2, with a statistically significant difference ( χ 2=66.24, P <0.01). The trajectories of NSSI behaviors were divided into persistent group (4.06%), new onset group (3.67%), remission group (14.77%), and resistance group (77.50%). Logistic regression analysis showed that sleep less than 7 hours per day at night, insomnia (mild, moderate to severe), non restorative sleep (moderate, severe), daytime sleepiness, and weekly nightmare frequency (1-2, ≥3 times) were associated with NSSI behaviors at T1 ( OR =5.02, 2.39, 5.51, 3.47, 9.70, 2.36, 2.63, 4.74, all P <0.01). Insomnia (mild, moderate to severe), severe non restorative sleep, daytime sleepiness, and weekly nightmares ≥3 times at T1 all increased the risk of NSSI behaviors at T2 ( OR =1.76, 4.15, 4.05, 1.88, 5.63, all P < 0.05 ). Moderate to severe insomnia, severe non restorative sleep, daytime sleepiness, and weekly nightmares ≥3 times at T1 increased the risk of belong to the new onset NSSI group ( OR =5.05, 3.37, 2.08, 5.86, all P <0.05).
Conclusions
Insomnia, non restorative sleep, daytime sleepiness, and frequent nightmares are important risk factors for NSSI behaviors among college students. Early assessment and intervention of sleep problems may be an important strategy for the prevention and treatment of NSSI.
2.The chain mediating effect of mindfulness and perceived stress between childhood trauma and psychotic-like experiences among college freshmen
Wenna LIAO ; Xianghan LUO ; Fanxu KONG ; Yongpeng SUN ; Zengjie YE
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2023;32(5):448-454
Objective:To explore the mediating effects of mindfulness and perceived stress between childhood trauma and psychotic-like experiences.Methods:In October 2021, 602 freshmen from a university in Guangdong Province were tested by childhood trauma questionnaire(CTQ), mindful attention awareness scale(MAAS), perceived stress scale(PSS), and community assessment of psychic experiences(CAPE). SPSS 21.0 and Mplus 8.3 were used for data analysis. Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare the differences between groups, and Spearman correlation analysis was used to investigate the correlation among childhood trauma, mindfulness, perceived stress and psychotic-like experiences. Bias-corrected nonparametric percentile Bootstrap method was used to examine the mediating roles of mindfulness and perceived stress between childhood trauma and psychotic-like experiences. Results:(1) In the past one month, 59.5% of the freshmen had psychotic-like experiences, and 8.5% of them experienced the distress. (2)Childhood trauma was positively correlated with perceived stress( r=0.29, P<0.01), frequency ( r=0.14, P<0.01)and distress( r=0.17, P<0.01) of psychotic-like experiences, and was negatively correlated with mindfulness( r=-0.28, P<0.01). (2)Mindfulness and perceived stress played individual mediating effects and chain mediating effect between childhood trauma and frequency of psychotic-like experiences, with effect size of 0.08, 0.04, 0.03, accounting for 53.33%, 26.67%, 20.00% of the total indirect effect(effect size=0.15), respectively. Mindfulness and perceived stress played individual mediating effects and chain mediating effect between childhood trauma and distress of psychotic-like experiences, with effect size of 0.07, 0.04, 0.03, accounting for 50.00%, 28.57%, 21.43% of the total indirect effect(effect size=0.14), respectively. Conclusion:Childhood trauma can affect psychotic-like experiences and distress through the indirect effects of mindfulness and perceived stress, or through the chain mediating effect of mindfulness-perceived stress.


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