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Table 1_Cross-sectional associations of maladaptive sleep-hygiene behaviors with athlete engagement among provincial- and municipal-level athletes in Sichuan, China.docx Yu Zhou (89766) Yang Xu (178421) Meilu Zhang (24720784) Huangyan Li (21978695) Applied Psychology athlete engagement cross-sectional study emotion regulation fatigue PLS-SEM sleep hygiene Purpose<p>Maladaptive sleep-hygiene behaviors are potentially modifiable daily practices, yet their relationship with the psychological state that sustains sport involvement remains unclear. This study examined cross-sectional associations among maladaptive sleep-hygiene behaviors (MSHB), multidimensional fatigue, difficulties in emotion regulation, and athlete engagement, including three model-based indirect associations.</p>Methods<p>A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was completed by 317 adult athletes recruited from provincial- and municipal-level teams in Sichuan Province, China. Participants represented table tennis, badminton, tennis, basketball, volleyball, and football. The Sleep Hygiene Index, the Chinese Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory, the DERS-16, and the Athlete Engagement Questionnaire were administered. A reflective partial least squares structural equation model was estimated with 5,000 bootstrap resamples. Measurement quality, construct differentiation, common-method diagnostics, out-of-sample prediction, demographic adjustment, alternative cross-sectional specifications, and subgroup robustness were evaluated.</p>Results<p>More frequent MSHB were associated with greater fatigue [β = 0.491, 95% CI (0.408, 0.573)], greater difficulties in emotion regulation [β = 0.178, 95% CI (0.079, 0.274)], and lower athlete engagement [β = −0.264, 95% CI (−0.370, −0.161)]. Fatigue was associated with greater difficulties in emotion regulation [β = 0.588, 95% CI (0.500, 0.673)] and lower engagement [β = −0.325, 95% CI (−0.446, −0.205)]; difficulties in emotion regulation were also associated with lower engagement [β = −0.232, 95% CI (−0.351, −0.108)]. The total indirect association was [β = −0.268, 95% CI (−0.338, −0.204)], and the model explained 47.2% of engagement variance. Demographic adjustment yielded comparable estimates. Reverse-order and parallel specifications fitted the cross-sectional covariance structure equally well.</p>Conclusion<p>Within the sampled setting, more frequent MSHB co-occurred with greater fatigue, more difficulties in emotion regulation, and lower athlete engagement. Fatigue accounted for the largest specific indirect association. The single-occasion self-report design leaves actual sleep disturbance, temporal sequence, and causal effects unresolved.</p> 2026-09-23T05:55:22Z Dataset Dataset 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1914692.s001 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Table_1_Cross-sectional_associations_of_maladaptive_sleep-hygiene_behaviors_with_athlete_engagement_among_provincial-_and_municipal-level_athletes_in_Sichuan_China_docx/33971278 CC BY 4.0