The Relationship Between Future Time Perspective and Sleep Quality of High School Students: Multiple Mediation of Perceived Stress and Coping Style

doi:10.12139/j.1672-0628.2026.02.010

Abstract

Abstract: The current study investigated the relationship between future time perspective (FTP) and sleep quality in high school students, and examined the multiple mediating roles of perceived stress and coping styles. High school students completed surveys including the Future Time Perspective Scale for Adolescents and Young Adults, the Chinese Perceived Stress Scale, the Coping Style Scale of Middle School Students, and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. The results showed that FTP directly predicted high school students’ sleep quality. Furthermore, perceived stress and positive coping styles independently mediated the relationship between FTP and sleep quality. Two chain-mediated pathways were also identified: one from perceived stress to positive coping styles, and the other from perceived stress to negative coping styles. These findings suggest that FTP not only directly predicts sleep quality of high school students but also exerts indirect effects through its influence on perceived stress and coping styles.

Key words: future time perspective, sleep quality, perceived stress, positive coping styles, negative coping styles

摘要： 为探究高中生未来时间洞察力与睡眠质量的关系以及感知压力和应对方式在二者间的多重中介作用，采用青少年未来时间洞察力量表、中文版感知压力量表、中学生应对方式评定问卷和匹兹堡睡眠质量指数量表对高中生进行调查。结果发现，未来时间洞察力直接预测睡眠质量；感知压力与积极应对方式分别在未来时间洞察力与睡眠质量之间起单独中介作用；感知压力与积极应对方式以及感知压力与消极应对方式分别在未来时间洞察力与睡眠质量之间起链式中介作用。研究结果表明，高中生未来时间洞察力不仅可以直接预测睡眠质量，还可以通过影响其感知压力水平、应对方式选择以及二者的序列路径间接影响睡眠质量。

关键词: 未来时间洞察力, 睡眠质量, 感知压力, 积极应对方式, 消极应对方式

CLC Number:

B844

CHEN Zhu, FANG Li, LI Bingbing. The Relationship Between Future Time Perspective and Sleep Quality of High School Students: Multiple Mediation of Perceived Stress and Coping Style[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2026, 24(2): 220-226.

陈竹, 方莉, 李兵兵. 高中生未来时间洞察力与睡眠质量的关系：感知压力与应对方式的多重中介作用[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2026, 24(2): 220-226.

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