睡眠质量,睡眠量和睡眠时间:奥地利和美国大学生之间的差异
June J Pilcher1, Elizabeth G Rummel1, Claus Lamm2
1Department of Psychology, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States.
Frontiers in sleep
|December 22, 2025
概括
奥地利大学生报告睡眠质量和数量比美国学生更好,尽管他们经历了更多的睡眠障碍. 城市与农村环境等环境因素可能会影响这些睡眠差异.
科学领域:
- 睡眠科学 睡眠科学
- 跨文化心理学 跨文化心理学
- 高等教育研究 高等教育研究
背景情况:
- 学生的睡眠模式是高等教育的一个重要问题.
- 了解学生睡眠的国际差异对于制定有针对性的干预措施至关重要.
- 以前的研究已经强调了生活方式和环境对睡眠质量的影响.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较自报的睡眠质量,数量和时间在奥地利和美国的本科生之间.
- 为了调查学生睡眠差异的潜在环境影响.
- 为了确定分析睡眠质量和数量作为单独的因素的实用性.
主要方法:
- 利用匹兹堡睡眠质量指数 (PSQI) 对292名奥地利和313名美国大学生.
- 分析了使用ANOVA对睡眠质量和数量因素的PSQI数据.
- 采用独立的t测试来检查睡眠时间的差异 (睡觉时间,起床时间,中点).
主要成果:
- 与美国学生相比,奥地利学生报告睡眠质量和数量明显改善.
- 奥地利学生经历了更多的睡眠障碍和更长的睡眠开始延迟,但睡眠持续时间更长,睡眠药物的使用更低.
- 奥地利学生比他们的美国同行更早睡觉,更晚醒来.
结论:
- 学生的睡眠模式在不同的国家和文化背景中明显存在差异.
- 大学环境 (城市与农村) 可能在学生的睡眠习惯和选择中发挥关键作用.
- 分离睡眠质量和数量分析为大学生睡眠提供了更深入的见解,为改善学生福祉的大学和社会战略提供了信息.
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