Racial disparities in adolescent sleep duration
Physical activity as a protective factor
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12475282 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brian T Gillis (0000-0002-0165-436X, Auburn University, corresponding author), Mina Shimizu (0000-0003-2323-7812, Auburn University), Lauren E Philbrook (0000-0003-0027-6587, Colgate University), Mona El-Sheikh (0000-0001-5784-8318, Auburn University) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 118-122 |
| Publication date | 2020-08-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1099-9809 • E-ISSN: 1939-0106 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1037/cdp0000422 |
| PMID | 32833469 |
| OpenAlex | W3080839224 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 6 |
Objectives: Short sleep duration compromises adolescents' functioning across many domains, yet risk for short sleep is not evenly distributed among youth in the United States. Significant Black-White disparities in sleep duration have been observed, with Black/African American youth on average sleeping fewer minutes per night than their White/European American peers. However, not all Black adolescents have short sleep, and identification of moderators of effects, including protective and vulnerability factors in the association between race/ethnicity and sleep duration, is warranted. We examined whether engagement in physical activity attenuates the gap in sleep duration between Black and White teenagers. Method: A sample of 246 adolescents ( M age = 15.79 years; 32.9% Black, 67.1% White) reported on their physical activity and participated in 1 week of at-home actigraphic sleep assessment, which was used to derive sleep duration (minutes scored as asleep from sleep onset to wake time). Results: At higher levels of physical activity, relatively long sleep duration was observed for all youth regardless of their race/ethnicity. However, at lower levels of physical activity, an association emerged between race and sleep minutes, illustrating that youth most at risk for shorter sleep were Black adolescents with lower physical activity. Conclusions: Findings suggest that for Black adolescents, physical activity is a protective factor against short sleep duration and, conversely, low physical activity is a vulnerability factor. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)
Actigraphy · Environmental health · Ethnic group · Insomnia · MEDLINE · Poison control · Protective factor · Psychiatry · PsycINFO · Sleep (system call · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology · Sleep and related disorders · Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |