Sosiodigitaalisen osallistumisen, unenlaadun ja kouluhyvinvoinnin väliset yhteydet kuudesluokkalaisilla

The aim of this study was to examine the relationships between socio-digital participation (SDP), sleep quality and school well-being among 6th graders. More specifically, it examined how socio-digital participation, i.e. technology-mediated social practices and digital gaming, was associated with 6th graders’ sleep quality, school burnout and school engagement. Further, we examined how these differ across genders. In addition, the mediating effect of sleep quality between SDP and school burnout and school engagement was examined. This study was part of the Mind the Gap research project and the data were collected from 6th graders in Helsinki in spring 2013 (N = 749). Results suggested that active friendship-driven SDP and playing action games were associated with poorer sleep quality among girls. Among girls active media consumption was associated with lower school engagement and active knowledge creation with higher school engagement. Boys who were consuming media actively reported poorer sleep quality and boys who actively played action games reported school burnout. Poorer sleep quality was associated with school burnout and lower school engagement within both genders. Among girls sleep quality partly mediated the association between friendship-driven SDP and inadequacy as a student and association between friendship-driven SDP and exhaustion. Among boys sleep quality did not mediate the association between SDP and school well-being.