Income, Ethnicity, and Sleep: Coping as a Moderator
Income, Ethnicity, and Sleep: Coping as a Moderator
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DOI：
10.1037/a0036699
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发表时间：
2014-07-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Buckhalt, Joseph A.
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作者：
El-Sheikh, Mona;Kelly, Ryan J.;Buckhalt, Joseph A.
为了确定变量，可能会保护儿童的睡眠问题，否则与少数民族的地位和经济困境，支持应对作为一个主持人进行了检查。参与者为235名儿童（113名男孩，122名女孩; M年龄= 11.33岁，SD = 8.03个月），64%为欧洲裔美国人，36%为非洲裔美国人。儿童的睡眠时间（分钟）和连续性（效率）通过佩戴1周的活动记录仪进行评估。母亲报告了家庭的货币资源（收入与需求的比率），儿童报告了他们的支助应对战略。对于来自低收入家庭和非洲裔美国人的儿童来说，更高水平的支持应对是一个保护因素，可以防止睡眠时间减少和睡眠效率降低，否则与经济逆境有关。来自经济条件更好的家庭的儿童无论他们的应对方式如何，睡眠参数都很好。结果建立在现有的小机构的工作表明，儿童的支持应对策略有保护作用，对睡眠问题，否则与少数民族的地位和经济逆境，并提出潜在的干预目标，可能有助于减少在一个重要的健康领域的健康差距。
Toward identifying variables that may protect children against sleep problems otherwise associated with ethnic minority status and economic adversity, support coping was examined as a moderator. Participants were 235 children (113 boys, 122 girls; M age = 11.33 years, SD = 8.03 months), 64% European American and 36% African American. Children's sleep duration (minutes) and continuity (efficiency) were assessed through actigraphs worn for 1 week. Mothers reported on the family's monetary resources (income-to-needs ratio) and children reported on their support coping strategies. For children from lower income homes and African Americans, a higher level of support coping was a protective factor against fewer sleep minutes and reduced sleep efficiency, otherwise associated with economic adversity. Children from more economically advantaged homes had good sleep parameters regardless of their coping. The results build on the existing small body of work by demonstrating that children's support coping strategies have a protective role against sleep problems otherwise associated with ethnic minority status and economic adversity and present potential targets for intervention that may help reduce health disparities in an important health domain.