Hu, Yixin and Niu, Zhaoxiang and Dai, Lejiao and Maguire, Rebecca and Zong, Zhaobiao and Hu, Yu and Wang, Dawei (2020) The relationship between sleep pattern and depression in Chinese shift workers: A mediating role of emotional exhaustion. Australian Journal of Psychology, 72 (1). pp. 68-81. ISSN 0004-9530

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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

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Yixin Hu, Zhaoxiang Niu, Lejiao Dai, Rebecca Maguire, Zhaobiao Zong, Yu Hu & Dawei Wang (2020) The relationship between sleep pattern and depression in Chinese shift workers: A mediating role of emotional exhaustion, Australian Journal of Psychology, 72:1, 68-81, DOI: 10.1111/ajpy.12253
Keywords:	Chinese shift workers; depression; emotional exhaustion; sleep pattern;
Academic Unit:	Assisting Living & Learning,ALL institute Faculty of Science and Engineering > Psychology Faculty of Science and Engineering > Research Institutes > Human Health Institute
Item ID:	16521
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1111/ajpy.12253
Depositing User:	Rebecca Maguire
Date Deposited:	15 Sep 2022 10:10
Journal or Publication Title:	Australian Journal of Psychology
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis online
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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