Employment status and the association of sociocultural stress with sleep in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL)
Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: STUDY OBJECTIVES: We examined the association of sociocultural stress severity (i.e. acculturation stress, ethnic discrimination) and chronic stress burden with multiple dimensions of sleep in a population-based sample of US Hispanics/Latinos. We also explored whether employment status modified stress-sleep associations. METHODS: We conducted survey linear regressions to test the cross-sectional association of sociocultural stress severity and stress burden with sleep dimensions using data collected between 2010 and 2013 from individuals who participated in both the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos Sueño and Sociocultural Ancillary studies (N = 1192). RESULTS: Greater acculturation stress (B = 0.75, standard error [SE] = 0.26, p < .01) and chronic psychosocial stress burden (B = 1.04, SE = 0.18, p < .001) were associated with greater insomnia symptoms but were not associated with actigraphic measures of sleep. Ethnic discrimination was not associated with any of the sleep dimensions. The association of acculturation stress with insomnia severity was greater in unemployed (B = 2.06, SE = 0.34) compared to employed (B = 1.01, SE = 0.31) participants (p-interaction = .08). CONCLUSIONS: Acculturation stress severity and chronic stress burden are important and consistent correlates of insomnia, but not actigraphically measured sleep dimensions. If replicated, future research should test whether interventions targeting the resolution of sociocultural stress improve sleep quality in Hispanics/Latinos.
Source: SLEEP
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsz002
Institutions: Columbia University, San Diego State University, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University, Cambridge Health Alliance, University of Miami, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Northwestern University, Arizona State University, University of Oregon, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Language: English
Topic: Sleep and related disorders
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funders: Office of Dietary Supplements, University of Miami, Northwestern University, San Diego State University, National Institutes of Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Gillings School of Public Health, National Institute on Aging, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Awards: G1042216835, G1064233440, G1081972346, G1242935498, G1301356587, G1312369436, G1388381638, Hispanic Community Health Study, G1455175283, G1587824183, G1666450717, G1917633662, G1972514365, G2135211244, G2135293100, G2466919156, HISPANIC COMMUNITY HEALTH STUDY - FIELD CENTER, G2528054427, G2575730562, G2644289446, G2970637568, G3062787641, Hispanic Community Health Study, G3546867838, G3677686024, G3838006641, G3952816605, G4104329796, G4121762840, Hispanic Community Health Study, G441922519, G4552920371, G4860668542, G4989378220, G528357465, G5365244667, HISPANIC COMMUNITY HEALTH STUDY - COORDINATING CENTER, G543802643, G555858244, G5739677117, G5878028785, G5906656038, G5935820280, G6156511736, G6585687856, G6603768433, G6744188800, G7057037114, G7203655167, G7239480477, G7278742613, G7408420985, G7513901258, G7658106945, G7814102361, Exploring Sleep in Neurocognitive Aging and Alzheimer's Research (eSANAR), G8102260223, G820454163, G8343337543, G881461661, G8840902395, G8904081916, Ancillary to HCHS/SOL: Sociocultural Factors and CVD risk/prevalence in Hispanics, G974369616
OpenAlex ID: W2909275092