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The Contribution of Psychosocial Stressors to Sleep among African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study
Author(s) -
Dayna A. Johnson,
Lynda D. Lisabeth,
Tené T. Lewis,
Mario Sims,
DeMarc A. Hickson,
Tandaw E. Samdarshi,
Herman A. Taylor,
Ana V. Diez Roux
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.5665/sleep.5974
Subject(s) - stressor , psychosocial , sleep (system call) , medicine , psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , gerontology , computer science , operating system
Studies have shown that psychosocial stressors are related to poor sleep. However, studies of African Americans, who may be more vulnerable to the impact of psychosocial stressors, are lacking. Using the Jackson Heart Study (JHS) baseline data, we examined associations of psychosocial stressors with sleep in 4,863 African Americans.

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