Insomnia and short video addiction in firefighters: A chain mediation and network analysis of social support and flourishing
Liu R, Yu H, Li F, Hou Y, Chi X
Journal of health psychology · 3 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Cross-sectional study (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- Government
- Guangdong Office of Philosophy and Social Science
- Government
- Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province
- University or hospital
- Revitalization Project of Humanities & Social Sciences,Shenzhen University
- University or hospital
- Youth Research Project of Shenzhen University 2035 Outstanding Research Plan
- Government
- Humanities and Social Sciences of Ministry of Education Planning Foundation
- University or hospital
- Shenzhen UniversityLingnan University Joint Research Programme
- Government
- basic and applied basic research foundation of guangdong province
- Government
- guangdong office of philosophy and social science
- Grants
- Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province (2021A1515011330); Guangdong Office of Philosophy and Social Science (Grant GD23XXL17)
Based on 8 listed funder(s).
Publication
- Published
- 2026-01-30 · J Health Psychol · vol. 31 · issue 10 · pp. 4007–4024
- Publisher
- SAGE Publishing
- Cited
- 3 citations · more than 99% of similar papers · 23.9× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 58 works
- Access
- Paywalled
- Research areas
- Mental Health Research Topics · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Sleep and related disorders
- Keywords
- insomnia, short video addiction, firefighters, psychiatric symptoms, perceived social support, eudaimonia, self-determination theory, serial mediation, network analysis, sleep quality, organizational restructuring, mental health interventions
- MeSH
- humans, sleep initiation and maintenance disorders, cross-sectional studies, behavior, addictive, social support, adult, middle aged, china, female, male, firefighters, internet addiction disorder, psychological well-being
5 authors
From MO, CN
- Ruifeng LiuCity University of Macau
- Hanbin YuCity University of Macau
- F.C. LiShandong Agricultural University
- Yi HouSouthwest University
- Xinli Chi · correspondingShenzhen University
Abstract
Guided by self-determination theory, this study investigated the bidirectional relationship between insomnia and short video addiction as well as their associations with mental health symptoms among Chinese firefighters during the organizational restructuring period (2018-2023). Utilizing a cross-sectional design with data from 3657 firefighters, LV-SEM was conducted. The findings revealed that both insomnia and short video addiction were directly associated with mental health symptoms and were associated with mental health symptoms through a chain mediation involving perceived social support and flourishing. Network analysis also demonstrated significant positive associations between insomnia and short video addiction, as well as between perceived social support and flourishing, with insomnia showing a stronger association with mental health symptoms. These results provide important implications for developing mental health interventions for firefighters, suggesting that priority be given to regulating short video use, enhancing social support, promoting flourishing, and improving sleep quality to comprehensively improve firefighters' mental health.
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