The relationship between sleep pattern and depression in Chinese shift workers: A mediating role of emotional exhaustion
Objectives To explore the relationship between sleep pattern (morningness–eveningness) and depression in Chinese shift workers (“Three Shifts” workers), and to examine whether emotional exhaustion plays a mediating role in this relationship. Study Design We examined the impact of sleep pattern on th...
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| author | Yixin Hu Zhaoxiang Niu Lejiao Dai Rebecca Maguire Zhaobiao Zong Yu Hu Dawei Wang |
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| description | Objectives To explore the relationship between sleep pattern (morningness–eveningness) and depression in Chinese shift workers (“Three Shifts” workers), and to examine whether emotional exhaustion plays a mediating role in this relationship. Study Design We examined the impact of sleep pattern on the depression of three shifts workers, focusing on the mediating effect of emotional exhaustion. Methods A total of 1303 shift workers in the north and south of China were invited to participate in this study using convenience sampling. They completed a questionnaire which collected information on socio‐demographic variables, along with measures of sleep pattern, depression, and emotional exhaustion. Using structural equation modelling, the mediating role of emotional exhaustion in sleep pattern and depression was explored. Results Of the three shifts workers 46.43% reported symptoms of depression; 27.84% identified as morning types while only 6.56% were evening types, with the remaining 65.60% falling into the intermediate category. There was a negative correlation between sleep pattern and depression, and between sleep pattern and emotional exhaustion, but a positive correlation between emotional exhaustion and depression. As predicted, emotional exhaustion played a mediating role in the relationship between sleep pattern and depression. Conclusions Having an evening sleep pattern was a risk factor for depression in three shifts workers; however, emotional exhaustion mediated the relationship between sleep pattern and depression. This finding may inform interventions aimed at reducing the level of depression within three shifts staff. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-514d2341552a4d769fc275e75efbe1492023-09-19T08:54:47ZengTaylor & Francis GroupAustralian Journal of Psychology0004-95301742-95362020-03-01721688110.1111/ajpy.1225312098955The relationship between sleep pattern and depression in Chinese shift workers: A mediating role of emotional exhaustionYixin Hu0Zhaoxiang Niu1Lejiao Dai2Rebecca Maguire3Zhaobiao Zong4Yu Hu5Dawei Wang6Shandong Normal UniversityShandong Normal UniversityShandong Normal UniversityMaynooth University of IrelandShandong Normal UniversityWenzhou UniversityShandong Normal UniversityObjectives To explore the relationship between sleep pattern (morningness–eveningness) and depression in Chinese shift workers (“Three Shifts” workers), and to examine whether emotional exhaustion plays a mediating role in this relationship. Study Design We examined the impact of sleep pattern on the depression of three shifts workers, focusing on the mediating effect of emotional exhaustion. Methods A total of 1303 shift workers in the north and south of China were invited to participate in this study using convenience sampling. They completed a questionnaire which collected information on socio‐demographic variables, along with measures of sleep pattern, depression, and emotional exhaustion. Using structural equation modelling, the mediating role of emotional exhaustion in sleep pattern and depression was explored. Results Of the three shifts workers 46.43% reported symptoms of depression; 27.84% identified as morning types while only 6.56% were evening types, with the remaining 65.60% falling into the intermediate category. There was a negative correlation between sleep pattern and depression, and between sleep pattern and emotional exhaustion, but a positive correlation between emotional exhaustion and depression. As predicted, emotional exhaustion played a mediating role in the relationship between sleep pattern and depression. Conclusions Having an evening sleep pattern was a risk factor for depression in three shifts workers; however, emotional exhaustion mediated the relationship between sleep pattern and depression. This finding may inform interventions aimed at reducing the level of depression within three shifts staff.http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajpy.12253chinese shift workersdepressionemotional exhaustionsleep pattern |
| spellingShingle | Yixin Hu Zhaoxiang Niu Lejiao Dai Rebecca Maguire Zhaobiao Zong Yu Hu Dawei Wang The relationship between sleep pattern and depression in Chinese shift workers: A mediating role of emotional exhaustion Australian Journal of Psychology chinese shift workers depression emotional exhaustion sleep pattern |
| title | The relationship between sleep pattern and depression in Chinese shift workers: A mediating role of emotional exhaustion |
| title_full | The relationship between sleep pattern and depression in Chinese shift workers: A mediating role of emotional exhaustion |
| title_fullStr | The relationship between sleep pattern and depression in Chinese shift workers: A mediating role of emotional exhaustion |
| title_full_unstemmed | The relationship between sleep pattern and depression in Chinese shift workers: A mediating role of emotional exhaustion |
| title_short | The relationship between sleep pattern and depression in Chinese shift workers: A mediating role of emotional exhaustion |
| title_sort | relationship between sleep pattern and depression in chinese shift workers a mediating role of emotional exhaustion |
| topic | chinese shift workers depression emotional exhaustion sleep pattern |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajpy.12253 |
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