背景:新西兰的Pasifika学生在学习成绩差方面的比例过高,他们的学术挑战可能会影响他们的福祉。我们的目标是:1)比较学术压力,睡眠质量,以及奥塔哥大学的Pasifika和新西兰欧洲(NZE)解剖学学生的心理健康,和2)确定是否学业压力调解之间的关系,他们的心理健康和睡眠质量。
方法:我们向我们系的Pasifika和NZE学生发起了一个简短的在线调查。调查包括基本的人口统计,学业压力量表的感知,匹兹堡睡眠质量指数,医院焦虑抑郁量表,一个短暂的孤独量表,减少了早晨-晚上的尺度,和Epworth嗜睡量表.
结果:NZE和Pasifika学生的学术压力相当,但是Pasifika学生的睡眠质量比NZE学生差(t(113)=14.41,P<.001)。此外,Pasifika学生报告更多的孤独感(t(119)=8.933,P<.001),焦虑症状较少(t(120)=2.469,P=0.015),早上的人(t(121)=2.618,P=.010)少于新西兰学生,但他们有相当的抑郁症状和白天嗜睡。在控制了年龄之后,种族和性别,我们发现,学业压力完全介导了焦虑或抑郁症状与睡眠质量差之间的关系。此外,在我们的队列中,学业压力部分介导了孤独感与睡眠质量差之间的关系。
结论:我们的研究结果强调了学术机构支持学生“幸福”的重要性。包括少数民族学生,如新西兰的Pasifika学生。
BACKGROUND: Pasifika students in New Zealand are overrepresented in poor academic outcomes, and their academic challenges may potentially influence their wellbeing. We aim to: 1) compare the academic stress, sleep quality, and psychological wellbeing of Pasifika and New Zealand European (NZE) anatomy students at the University of Otago, and 2) determine if academic stress mediates the association between their psychological wellbeing and sleep quality.
METHODS: We launched a brief online survey to Pasifika and NZE students in our department. The survey included basic demographics, Perception of Academic Stress Scale, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, a short loneliness scale, a reduced morningness-eveningness scale, and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale.
RESULTS: Perceived academic stress were comparable between NZE and Pasifika students, but Pasifika students reported poorer sleep quality than NZE students (t(113) = 14.41, P < .001). In addition, Pasifika students reported more loneliness (t(119) = 8.933, P < .001), less anxiety symptoms (t(120) = 2.469, P = .015), and less of a morning person (t(121) = 2.618, P = .010) than NZE students, but they had comparable depressive symptoms and daytime sleepiness. After controlling for age, ethnicity and gender, we found that academic stress fully mediated the relationship between anxiety or depressive symptoms and poor sleep quality. Furthermore, academic stress partially mediated the relationship between loneliness and poor sleep quality in our cohort.
CONCLUSIONS: Our findings highlight the importance for academic institutions to support students\' wellbeing, including ethnic minority students such as Pasifika students in New Zealand.