Open Access<p>The Moderation of Raising One’s Grandchildren on the Relation Between Sleep and Depressive Symptoms</p>
Author(s) -
Melanie Stearns,
Danielle Nadorff
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nature and science of sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.715
H-Index - 34
ISSN - 1179-1608
DOI - 10.2147/nss.s247568
Subject(s) - moderation , grandparent , sleep (system call) , medicine , pittsburgh sleep quality index , depression (economics) , depressive symptoms , clinical psychology , sleep quality , center for epidemiologic studies depression scale , gerontology , psychiatry , psychology , developmental psychology , insomnia , cognition , social psychology , macroeconomics , computer science , economics , operating system
Recent evidence has shown that poor quality sleep is associated with depression, particularly among older individuals. Moreover, given that grandparent caregivers are more likely to report being depressed, it is crucial to identify whether poor sleep quality results in more depressive symptoms when older individuals are also caring for their grandchildren. Thus, the current study examined how caregiving status was associated with the relation between sleep quality and depressive symptoms and the further moderation of gender (ie, 3-way interaction).