Sleep in Mexican-American Adolescents: Social Ecological and Well-Being Correlates |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Susan?M?McHaleEmail author Ji?Yeon?Kim Marni?Kan Kimberly?A?Updegraff |
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Institution: | (1) College of Health and Human Development & Social Science Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, 605 Oswald, University Park, PA 16801, USA;(2) Center on the Family, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, 2515 Campus Road, Miller Hall 103, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA;(3) RTI International, 3040 East Cornwallis Road, Post Office Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2194, USA;(4) School of Social & Family Dynamics, Arizona State University, Cowden 135, Tempe, AX, USA |
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Abstract: | A burgeoning body of research documents links between sleep and adjustment in adolescence, but little is known about the role
of the social ecology in promoting healthful sleeping habits. This study was aimed at identifying the socio-cultural correlates
of adolescents’ sleep, including average nighttime sleep duration, average daytime napping, and night-to-night variability
in sleep duration and assessing the links between these dimensions of sleep and adjustment in Mexican-American youth. Participants
were 469 Mexican-American adolescents (50.5% female) and their mothers and fathers. Data on family socio-cultural characteristics
and youth adjustment were collected in home interviews with youth, mothers, and fathers, and, during 7 evening telephone interviews,
adolescents reported on nighttime sleep and daytime napping for the prior 24-h period. Night-to night variability and napping
were more strongly linked to youth depressive symptoms and risky behavior than was average nighttime sleep, whereas nighttime
sleep predicted lower body mass index. Lower parental acculturation and fathers’ familism values predicted more healthful
sleep, and higher levels of family income, parental education and neighborhood crime predicted less healthful sleep. In addition
to illuminating the significance of socio-cultural influences on youths’ sleep, this study contributes to the literature by
documenting the multidimensionality of sleep patterns and their links with adjustment in an understudied population. |
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