Abstract
We examined income-to-needs ratio, perceived economic well-being, and education and their relations with European and African American women's sleep (n = 219). Sleep was examined through actigraphy and self-reports. Income-to-needs ratio was related to sleep minutes. Perceived economic well-being and education were associated with subjective sleep problems. Perceived stress mediated relations between both income-to-needs ratio and economic well-being and subjective sleep problems. Chaos emerged as a mediator linking income-to-needs ratio and subjective sleep problems. African American women had fewer sleep minutes and lower sleep efficiency than European Americans, and more robust relations between economic well-being and stress was observed for European Americans. Findings highlight the importance of economic adversity for women's sleep and explicate some pathways of risk.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 506-523 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Behavioral sleep medicine |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 2 2015 |
Funding
This project was supported by Grant Number R01HL093246 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, awarded to Mona El-Sheikh. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Neurology
- Neuroscience (miscellaneous)
- Psychology (miscellaneous)
- Medicine (miscellaneous)