Introduction
The influence of COVID-19 stress on test anxiety
The mediating role of intolerance of uncertainty
The mediating role of sleep quality
The chain mediation effect intolerance of uncertainty and sleep quality
The current study
Materials and methods
Participants
Characteristics | Categories | N | Percentage (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 436 | 46.6 |
Female | 500 | 53.4 | |
Only child | Only child | 216 | 23.1 |
Non-only child | 720 | 76.9 | |
Father’s level of education | Primary and below | 103 | 11.0 |
Junior high school | 369 | 39.4 | |
Senior high school | 261 | 27.9 | |
Junior college | 90 | 9.6 | |
Undergraduate | 92 | 9.8 | |
Master and above | 21 | 2.2 | |
Mother’s level of education | Primary and below | 172 | 18.4 |
Junior high school | 371 | 39.6 | |
Senior high school | 204 | 21.8 | |
Junior college | 80 | 8.5 | |
Undergraduate | 89 | 9.5 | |
Master and above | 20 | 2.1 |
Measures
COVID-19 stress
Intolerance of uncertainty
Sleep quality
Test anxiety
Data analysis
Results
Common method bias
Descriptive statistics and correlation analysis
Variables | M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.COVID-19 Stress | 7.62 | 4.71 | - | ||
2. Intolerance of uncertainty | 32.03 | 9.60 | 0.42*** | - | |
3. Sleep quality | 3.35 | 2.46 | 0.25*** | 0.25*** | - |
4. Test anxiety | 43.66 | 11.82 | 0.51*** | 0.55*** | 0.32*** |
The mediating effects of intolerance of uncertainty and sleep quality
Variables | Model 1 IU | Model 2 SQ | Model 3 TA | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
β | SE | β | SE | β | SE | |
Gender | -0.05 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.06 | -0.02 | 0.05 |
Only child | -0.05 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.06 |
Father’s level of education | 0.10 | 0.04* | -0.09 | 0.04 | -0.01 | 0.03 |
Mother’s level of education | -0.02 | 0.03 | 0.13* | 0.04 | -0.00 | 0.03 |
COVID-19 stress | 0.42*** | 0.03 | 0.17*** | 0.03 | 0.31*** | 0.03 |
Intolerance of uncertianty | 0.18*** | 0.04 | 0.39*** | 0.03 | ||
Sleep quality | 0.15*** | 0.03 | ||||
R2 | 0.19 | 0.09 | 0.42 | |||
F | 44.66*** | 16.10*** | 94.96*** |
Effect Types | Path | Effect | 95% CI | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower | Upper | Effect size | |||
Direct effect | COVID-19 stress→TA | 0.3062 | 0.25 | 0.36 | 60.97% |
Indirect effect | COVID-19 Stress→IU→TA | 0.1605 | 0.12 | 0.20 | 31.96% |
COVID-19 Stress→SQ→TA | 0.0244 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 4.86% | |
CS→IU→SQ→TA | 0.0112 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 2.23% | |
Total indirect effect | 0.1961 | 0.15 | 0.24 | 39.05% | |
Total effect | 0.5022 | 0.45 | 0.56 |