Integrative Group Intervention for Sleep Quality in College Students with High Procrastination: The Mediating Role of Anxiety
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Procrastination Behavior, Sleep Quality, Anxiety, Group Intervention, Mediating EffectAbstract
Procrastination behavior, sleep disorders, and anxiety are highly prevalent and intertwined mental health problems among contemporary college students, which seriously affect their academic performance and quality of life. This study adopted a randomized controlled trial (RCT) design to investigate the improvement effect of an integrative group intervention combining time management and cognitive-behavioral techniques on sleep quality in college students with high procrastination, and to examine the mediating role of anxiety in this process. Sixty college students with high procrastination and sleep problems were selected from a university using the General Procrastination Scale (GPS) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and randomly divided into an intervention group and a waitlist control group (30 participants each). The intervention group received an 8-week integrative group intervention (90 minutes per week), while the control group received no intervention during the study period. Assessments were conducted at three time points: pre-intervention (T1), immediate post-intervention (T2), and 3-month follow-up (T3). The expected results show that after the intervention, the intervention group will have significantly lower procrastination and anxiety levels and significantly better sleep quality than the control group; anxiety will play a partial mediating role between the intervention and sleep quality improvement. The results of this study will provide empirical evidence for college clinical psychologists to develop targeted intervention programs for procrastination and sleep problems.
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