Effect Of Peer Victimization On Sleep Quality Of Adolescent

In recent years,the phenomenon of poor sleep quality has become an important issue of common concern,especially among teenagers.The White Paper of China’s National Healthy Sleep 2022 shows that most teenagers suffer from sleep problems.Therefore,it is of great significance to explore the influencing factors of sleep quality.The stress-sleep relationship theoretical model proposed by Yan Youwei and his colleagues is a relatively comprehensive and systematic theoretical model in the research field of sleep quality at present.In this theory,stress is the direct cause of poor sleep,and the relationship between the two can be affected by such factors as emotion and cognition.As one of the important social members of adolescents,peers are of great significance to the physical and mental development of adolescents.Peer victimization,as a typical bad peer communication mode,is a tangible source of pressure for teenagers,which may greatly interfere with sleep quality.In addition,adolescents who suffer from peer victimization will have a series of internalization and externalization problems,among which the most prominent internalization problems are negative emotions and negative cognition,which may further aggravate the problems of sleep quality.Thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness contained in interpersonal need loss are typical negative cognitions,so it is necessary to include interpersonal need loss when exploring the relationship between peer victimization and sleep quality.In addition,self-compassion-related psychotherapy has been proved to be effective in improving people’s sleep quality,and at the same time help to alleviate individuals’ depression and anxiety and other adverse symptoms,indicating that self-compassion may play a regulating role in the process of peer victimization’s influence on sleep quality.Therefore,this study explores the influence of peer victimization on adolescent sleep by questionnaire,and examines the mediating role of interpersonal need loss and the moderating role of self-compassion.A questionnaire survey was conducted among 1608 middle school students.The Pittsburgh Sleep Index Scale,the Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire,the Self-compassion Scale and the Peer Victimization Scale were used to explore the internal mechanism of peer victimization on adolescents’ sleep quality,and to investigate the roles of interpersonal need deficit and selfcompassion.The conclusion is as follows:(1)The sleep quality of adolescents was poor on the whole,and the mean value(the higher the score,the worse the sleep quality)was 5.71 points,among which 390 subjects scored ≥8points,and the detection rate of sleep problems was 24.25%.(2)In terms of demographic variables,there were significant differences in gender dimensions of thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness,physical victimization(t=2.919,p<0.001;t=3.135,p<0.001;t=2.394,p<0.05).Physical victimization and self-compassion had significant difference in grades(t =2.577,p <0.01;t =-3.149,p <0.01).There are significant differences between the overall level of peer victimization and physical victimization in the dimension of residence(t =1.395,p <0.05;t =1.481,p <0.01).(3)Peer victimization,sleep quality,thwarted belongingness,perceived burdensomeness,and self-compassion were associated in pairs.(4)The level of high school students peer victimization can significantly predict the sleep quality.(5)Thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness play a significant mediating role in the influence of peer victimization on sleep quality.(6)Self-compassion moderates the second half of the pathway of peer victimization on sleep quality,that is,for adolescents with low self-compassion level,the influence of thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness on sleep quality is stronger.