The Role of Psychological Well-Being in Predicting the Sleep Quality of High School Students during Corona Quarantine

In Covid-19 epidemic, one way to prevent the prevalence is quarantine that has negative psychological effects, especially for students. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of psychological well-being in predicting sleep quality during corona quarantine in high school students.

The statistical population of this descriptive-analytic study was all high school students in Kalaleh, Iran. The samples (n = 212) were selected by convenience sampling. The instruments were Demographic questionnaire, the short version of Reef Psychological Well-being Scale and The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. The data was analyzed using Pearson and stepwise regression in SPSS software (P ≤ 0.05).

Based on regression analysis, psychological well-being is able to predict sleep quality (P = 0.010, F = 6.54, R2 = 0.030). In fact, among the psychological well-being variables, Environmental Mastery (P = 0.001, T = 5.379, R2 = 0.120) has the highest ability to predict sleep problems in high school students during corona quarantine. The results also showed that the components of gender, education and ethnicity do not play a modulating role.

The results showed that psychological well-being plays a role in predicting the quality of sleep of high school students during corona quarantine. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to students' psychological well-being in the corona epidemic and the resulting quarantine.