The relationship among sleep, resilience, and stress response in Japanese female university students during the COVID-19 pandemic

Mira Tomioka; Yusuke Matsunaga; Motoko Honda-Howard; Kazumi Ota; Hirokuni Tagaya; Norio Murayama

doi:10.1007/s41105-023-00478-w

The relationship among sleep, resilience, and stress response in Japanese female university students during the COVID-19 pandemic

Sleep Biol Rhythms. 2023 Jul 20;22(1):151-154. doi: 10.1007/s41105-023-00478-w. eCollection 2024 Jan.

Authors

Mira Tomioka¹, Yusuke Matsunaga², Motoko Honda-Howard¹, Kazumi Ota³, Hirokuni Tagaya², Norio Murayama¹

Affiliations

¹ Graduate School of Life Sciences, Showa Women's University, 1-7-57 Taishido, Setagaya-Ku, Tokyo, 154-8533 Japan.
² School of Allied Health Sciences, Kitasato University, 1-15-1, Kitazato, Minami-Ku, Sagamihara-Shi, Kanagawa 252-0373 Japan.
³ Senior Mental Clinic Nihonbashi-Ningyocho, 2-2-3, Nihonbashi-Ningyocho, Chuo-Ku, Tokyo, 103-0013 Japan.

Abstract

We examined the effect of sleep and resilience on stress responses in female Japanese university students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sleep was measured using the Japanese version of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI-J), stress response was evaluated using the Stress Response Scale-18 (SRS-18), and resilience using the Resilience Scale for Students (RS-S). Multiple regression analysis showed that approximately 40% of the SRS-18 score could be explained by PSQI-J score and RS-S score. Subjective sleep quality, daytime dysfunction, and global score of PSQI-J had direct influences on SRS-18.

Keywords: Japanese female; PSQI-J; Resilience; Sleep; Stress response; University students.

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