Do Sleep Problems Exacerbate the Mental Health Consequences of Discrimination Among Adults?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

An emerging literature suggests that sleep may play an important role in moderating the association between discrimination and mental health problems among adolescents. However, few if any studies have considered this topic among adults. Addressing this knowledge gap, the current study examined multiple sleep parameters as moderating variables in the association between discrimination and mental health problems among adults.

Methods

Participants were 874 adults residing in small towns and semirural contexts within the Southeastern region of the United States ( Mage = 41 years, SD = 7; 57% female; 31% Black, 69% White; 52% income-to-needs < 2). Sleep duration and night-to-night variability in duration were assessed using wrist actigraphy. Established self-report mea

SUBMITTER: Fuller-Rowell TE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11622914 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature