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This study investigated relationships among fatigue, sleep disturbances, psychological distress, and psychological resilience using symptom network analysis and exploratory Bayesian Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) modeling.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We surveyed 570 male island-based firefighters in China (cross-sectional). The PSQI, FSS, SCL-90, and CD-RISC were administered. Variables were residualized for demographic\/behavioral covariates and z-standardized. We estimated an EBICglasso Gaussian Graphical Model (\u03b3 = 0.50) to quantify centrality (Strength, expected influence) and predictability (R\u00b2). Robustness was assessed via \u03b3 = 0.25\u20130.75 sensitivity, bootstrapping, and Network Comparison Tests across sleep status (sleep-disturbed [SD] vs sleep-normal [SN]) and work type (shift work [SW] vs non-shift [NS]). Exploratory Bayesian DAG modeling was conducted in SD using parallel Tabu\/Hill-Climbing with BIC scoring and bootstrapped aggregation to derive a CPDAG.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Sleep disturbance prevalence was 46.0% (262\/570). In the full network, depression (S4) and daytime dysfunction (P7) were among the most central nodes (EI = 1.938 and 1.613), and the fatigue total (F0) showed the highest predictability (R\u00b2 = 0.176). In SD, hostility (S6, EI = 1.913) and anxiety (S5, EI = 1.462) emerged as potential affective hubs; tenacity (C1) was positioned upstream (Strength = 1.961; EI = \u22121.315) in relation to sleep and depression. Compared with SN, SD showed lower density and global strength (both P &amp;lt; 0.01). Between SW and NS, overall network structure differed (P = 0.014) whereas global strength did not (P = 0.694). Sensitivity analyses indicated high agreement of non-zero edges and minimal fluctuations in density\/global strength across \u03b3 = 0.25\u20130.75. The DAG\/CPDAG suggested a potential path from subjective sleep quality \u2192 fatigue \u2192 depression \u2192 hostility \u2192 somatization, with C1 potentially influencing sleep and depression; directionality warrants further longitudinal validation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Depression (S4) and daytime dysfunction (P7) may serve as key nodes linking sleep and affective processes; fatigue may relate to psychological distress via sleep; and tenacity (C1) could play an upstream protective role. Sleep status and shift work may reorganize network structure without necessarily altering global connectivity. 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