The Relationship between Academic Stress and Sleep Quality in Adolescents: The Mediating Role of School Burnout and Depression

Abstract

This study examines the mediating role of school burnout and depression in the relationship between academic stress and sleep quality. The participant group of the study consists of 353 adolescents between the ages of 13-18 who are continuing their high school education (185 girls and 158 boys). The study data were collected using the Academic-Based Stress Inventory, Sleep Quality Scale, School Burnout Scale, and Kutcher Adolescent Depression Scale. Correlation analysis, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and structural equation modeling (SEM) were used to analyze the data. The results from testing the model have confirmed the tested mediation model. The study has found academic stress, depression, and school burnout to have direct effects on sleep quality, with academic stress also having an indirect effect on sleep quality through school burnout and depression within the scope of a model. The study also discusses the results in line with the obtained findings and makes suggestions for the literature.