Affect, emotion dysregulation and sleep quality among low-income women.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine the underlying mechanisms through which steady state emotions, specifically affect and emotion regulation, influence sleep quality among young adult low-income women.

Design

Cross-sectional.

Setting

Stress and Health Study (2006-2012) in southeast Texas.

Participants

A subgroup (n=392) of racially and ethnically diverse young adult women ages 18-31.

Measurements

Participants provided measures of positive and negative affect, difficulties in emotion regulation, and sleep quality. Structural equation models were designed to identify differential mediating roles of emotion dysregulation in the association between both positive and negative affect and sleep quality.

Results

The relationship between positive affect and improved sl

SUBMITTER: Hoag JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5325685 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature