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概要

Sleep Duration, Insomnia Symptoms, and Emotion Regulation among Black Women

Christie Racine, Kaushal Kalra, Mirnova Ceide, Natasha J. Williams, Ferdinand Zizi, Mauro V Mendlowicz and Girardin Jean-Louis

Introduction: This study explored the associations between sleep duration and emotion regulation among urban black women (mean age = 59 ± 7 yrs).

Method: Eligible women (n = 523) provided sociodemographic data during face-to-face interviews. We used the Comprehensive Assessment and Referral Examination Physical to measure health status; women also estimated their habitual sleep duration. We utilized a modified version of Weinberger’s conceptual model of repression, the Index of Self-Regulation (ISE) to measure emotion regulation. ISE scores were derived by amalgamating the defensive subscale from the Social Desirability Scale and the anxiety subscale from the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.

Results: The median habitual sleep duration was 7 hours; 20% of the women were short sleepers (8 hours). Short sleepers, rather than long sleepers, had a greater likelihood of reporting insomnia symptoms than those sleeping 6-8 hours [63.4% vs. 28.1%; X2 = 41.87, p