The Moderating Effect of Physical Activity on the Relationship between Sleep Quality and Depression among Male College Students

الملخص

The moderating role of physical activity in the association with both sleep quality and depression has not yet been thoroughly examined among college students. The study aims to investigate how physical activity may adequately link the relationship between sleep quality and depression among male college students. This quantitative study involved 139 male college students aged 18 to 26 from the University of Sulaimani (UOS), Kurdistan Region, Iraq. A convenience sampling method was employed, and the public university was selected randomly. Descriptive statistics were computed using SPSS software, and data were evaluated with Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). The results indicated a negative and significant relationship between subjective sleep qualities, sleep duration, and efficiency of sleep with depression. At the time, depression was positively associated with sleep disturbances plus daytime dysfunction. These results also showed that there was no significant connection between sleep latency and the use of sleep medication for depression. These results found that physical activity moderated the relationship between subjective sleep quality, daytime dysfunction, and the use of sleep medication. At the same time, it had no significant moderating effect on the relationship between other components and depression. These findings emphasize the role of physical activity in the relationship between sleep quality and depression for this population. The results revealed that the proposed, tested conceptual model is applicable, reliable, and usable for male college students. It is believed that the outcome of this study will underscore the importance of executing physical activity in the relationship between quality of sleep and depression.