Relationship between acute stress and sleep disorder in grass-root military personnel: Mediating effect of social support

Qi-Jun Zhang; Qiao-Li Zhang; Xin-Yang Sun; Li-Yi Zhang; Si-Yuan Zhang; Gao-Feng Yao; Chun-Xia Chen; Ling-Ming Kong

doi:10.1186/2054-9369-1-3

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Relationship between acute stress and sleep disorder in grass-root military personnel: Mediating effect of social support

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- Relationship between acute stress and sleep disorder in grass-root military personnel: Mediating effect of social support
- Military Medical Research Vol. 1, Issue 1, Pages: 32-36(2014)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Department of Psychology, 92919 Military Hospital, Jiangbei District, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315000, China
  2.Postgraduate School, Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221002, China
  3.Department of Psychology, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
  4.Prevention and Treatment Centre for Psychological Diseases of PLA, the PLA 102nd Hospital, Changzhou 213003, China
  5.Public Health Division of Joint Logistics Department, Nanjing Military Area Command of Nanjing 210000, China
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  *: zly102@126.com
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- DOI：10.1186/2054-9369-1-3
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- Published：2014-03
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Zhang et al.: Relationship between acute stress and sleep disorder in grass-root military personnel: Mediating effect of social support. Military Medical Research 2014, 1: 3
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Zhang et al.: Relationship between acute stress and sleep disorder in grass-root military personnel: Mediating effect of social support. Military Medical Research 2014, 1: 3 DOI： 10.1186/2054-9369-1-3.

摘要

Abstract

Background:

To explore the relationship between acute stress

social support and sleep disorder in grass-root military personnel

and construct the relational model through structural equation modeling.

Methods:

A total of 2

411 grass-root military personnel were randomly selected by cluster sampling

and administered the Chinese Military Personnel Sleep Disorder Scale

Military Acute Stress Scale and Social Support Rating Scale.

Results:

The total score of acute stress scale was positively correlated with the total score and factor scores of sleep disorder scale (

=0.209~0.465

0.01); The total score of social support scale was positively correlated with the total score of acute stress scale and the total score and factor scores of sleep disorder scale (

=0.356~0.537

0.01). The analysis of mediating effects showed that lack of social support partially mediated between acute stress and the factors of sleep disorder. The analysis of structural equation model showed that acute stress not only had a direct effect on sleep disorder (the path coefficient was 0.29

=0.000)

but also on lack of social support (the path coefficient was 0.39

=0.000); lack of social support had a direct effect on sleep disorder (the path coefficient was 0.48

=0.000).

Conclusions:

Acute stress and lack of social support are two significant factors of sleep disorder in grass-root military personnel. Well-established social support could alleviate sleep disorder induced by acute stress. Lack of social support was a partial mediator between acute stress and sleep disorder.

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