The Mediating Role of Sleep Quality Between Negative Emotional Granularity and Daily Life Satisfaction: Evidence from Experience Sampling Method

doi:10.12139/j.1672-0628.2025.05.013

Abstract

Abstract:

This study explored the impact of negative emotional granularity on daily life satisfaction and the mediating role of sleep quality. By using the experience sampling method, 198 college students were tracked for 7 consecutive days. Participants’ mood states were assessed 8 times daily to measure negative emotional granularity. Additionally, they reported their sleep quality from the previous night and their daily life satisfaction each day. Multilevel structural equation modeling showed that: 1) at the interindividual level, negative emotional granularity positively predicted both sleep quality and daily life satisfaction; furthermore, sleep quality of the previous night positively predicted daily life satisfaction at the intraindividual level; 2) sleep quality mediated the relationship between negative emotional granularity and daily life satisfaction. These findings indicate that emotion regulation training programs designed to enhance negative emotion differentiation abilities may represent a promising intervention for improving both sleep quality and daily life satisfaction.

Key words: negative emotional granularity, sleep quality, daily life satisfaction, experience sampling method

摘要：

研究探讨了负性情绪粒度对个体日常生活满意度的影响以及睡眠质量的中介作用。采用经验取样法对198名大学生进行了连续7天的动态跟踪，每天进行8次情绪状态测评以评估情绪粒度，同时测量前一天晚上的睡眠质量和当天的生活满意度。多层结构方程模型分析结果发现：(1)在个体间水平上，负性情绪粒度显著正向预测睡眠质量和日常生活满意度；在个体内水平上，前一天晚上的睡眠质量显著正向预测当天的生活满意度；(2)睡眠质量在负性情绪粒度与日常生活满意度间具有中介作用。研究结果提示，未来通过情绪管理训练帮助个体更好地识别和表达负性情绪，可成为改善睡眠质量和生活满意度的潜在途径。

关键词: 负性情绪粒度, 睡眠质量, 日常生活满意度, 经验取样法

Simeng REN, Shanshan ZHANG, Cuilian ZENG, Junjun BAO, Chenyang ZHANG. The Mediating Role of Sleep Quality Between Negative Emotional Granularity and Daily Life Satisfaction: Evidence from Experience Sampling Method[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2025, 23(5): 678-684.

任思梦, 张珊珊, 曾翠莲, 包俊俊, 章晨阳. 睡眠质量在负性情绪粒度与日常生活满意度间的中介作用：来自经验取样法的证据[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2025, 23(5): 678-684.

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	M	SD	1	2	3
1.负性情绪粒度	−0.85	0.48		0.15*	0.17*
2.睡眠质量	3.56	0.69	0.10**		0.48**
3.日常生活满意度	3.67	0.61	0.12**	0.26**

	M	SD	1	2	3
1.负性情绪粒度	−0.85	0.48		0.15*	0.17*
2.睡眠质量	3.56	0.69	0.10**		0.48**
3.日常生活满意度	3.67	0.61	0.12**	0.26**

	个体内方差 (e²)	个体间方差 (r²)	个体内方差百分比 (%)
睡眠质量	0.50	0.39	56.18
日常生活满意度	0.48	0.31	60.76

	个体内方差 (e²)	个体间方差 (r²)	个体内方差百分比 (%)
睡眠质量	0.50	0.39	56.18
日常生活满意度	0.48	0.31	60.76

	日常生活满意度(c)			睡眠质量(a)			日常生活满意度(b/c’)
	β	SE	95%CI	β	SE	95%CI	β	SE	95%CI
个体内效应
睡眠质量							0.07*	0.03	[0.01, 0.13]
个体间效应
负性情绪粒度	0.22**	0.09	[0.05, 0.40]	0.36***	0.05	[0.25, 0.47]	0.12	0.08	[−0.04, 0.28]
睡眠质量							0.45***	0.05	[0.36, 0.56]
中介效应值及其检验
a_Bb_B							0.16***	0.03	[0.11, 0.23]
R²_within								0.05
R²_between		0.03			0.03			0.33