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Middle-aged adults’ daily sleep and worries about aging parents and adult children.

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: = 253). Multilevel models showed that middle-aged adults' prior day's worries about adult children were associated with poorer sleep quality that night. After they experienced a good night's sleep, middle-aged adults were less likely to worry about their parents. Findings suggest a daily link between worries about family members and sleep among middle-aged adults. Worries about family members are associated with poorer sleep quality at night; poorer sleep quality is related to an increased risk of worrying about family members on the subsequent day. Our findings suggest the development and implementation of interventions to promote sleep health in multigenerational families is warranted. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

Source: Journal of Family Psychology

DOI: 10.1037/fam0000642

Authors: Haowei Wang, Kyungmin Kim, Jeffrey A. Burr, Kira S. Birditt, Karen L. Fingerman

Institutions: University of Massachusetts Boston, University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research, The University of Texas at Austin

Language: English

Topic: Sleep and related disorders

Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: University of Texas at Austin, National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development