Skin-deep resilience in Black youth: Striving and sleep reactivity to daily stress.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Referred to as "skin-deep resilience," previous studies have found that striving-characterized by high levels of self-control and perseverance-is linked with better psychological health, but worse physical health, particularly among youth of color who have low socioeconomic status. However, the underlying mechanisms are unclear. This study investigated the role of sleep reactivity (poorer sleep following daily stress) in skin-deep resilience by examining the associations among striving, sleep reactivity, psychological health, and a subclinical marker of cardiovascular disease.

Method

Participants were 315 Black youth with low socioeconomic status, who completed self-reported measures of striving (self-control and grit) and psychological health (well-being and inter

SUBMITTER: Lam PH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12412913 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature