성별에 따른 대학생활 스트레스와 수면의 관계 - 자기통제력과 스마트폰 과의존의 매개효과

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College students today experience high levels of stress due to various factors, including academic demands and future career concerns, which may lead to decreased self-control, smartphone overdependence, and poor sleep quality. However, research that comprehensively examines the relationships among these variables is limited. The present study aimed to investigate the structural relationships among college life stress, self-control, smartphone overdependence, and sleep quality, and to identify gender differences in these relationships. Data were collected from 452 male and female students enrolled in four-year universities, and a total of 417 responses (207 male and 210 female students) were used for the final analysis. The results were as follows. First, female students reported significantly higher levels of college life stress and smartphone overdependence, while male students reported significantly higher levels of self-control. No significant gender difference was found in sleep quality. Second, the mediating effect of smartphone overdependence on the relationship between self-control and sleep quality was significant only among male students. Third, in the male student group, a sequential double mediating effect was observed in which college life stress influenced sleep quality through self-control and smartphone overdependence. However, this sequential mediating effect was not significant in the female student group. These findings indicate that the pathways through which college life stress affects sleep quality differ by gender. In light of these results, the need for gender-specific approaches to sleep management and counseling for college students was discussed.

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