0276 Sleep Attitudes Predicting Sleep Outcomes: An Intersectionality Perspective. (12th April 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ruggiero, Aria R; Peach, Hannah D; Gaultney, Jane F
• Is Part Of: Sleep. Volume 42(2019)Supplement 1
• Page Start: A112
• Page End: A113
• Publication Date: 2019-04-12
• Subjects: Sleep -- Physiological aspects -- Periodicals; Sleep disorders -- Periodicals; Sommeil -- Aspect physiologique -- Périodiques; Sommeil, Troubles du -- Périodiques; Sleep disorders; Sleep -- Physiological aspects; Sleep -- physiological aspects; Sleep Wake Disorders; Psychophysiology; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 616.8498
• DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsz067.275
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0161-8105

Abstract

Abstract: Introduction: Sleep health is emerging as a means of prevention against chronic disease and negative psychosocial outcomes. This is especially important considering that certain groups (e.g., African Americans, lower SES, women) are more likely to experience health disparities, in addition to insufficient and/or poor quality sleep. Moreover, often times these identities are not found in isolation; they intersect with other, potentially marginalized, identities. Additionally, it is also important to consider how one's attitudes toward sleep affect sleep outcomes and how these attitudes may vary according to intersecting identities. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to explore how the intersectionality of identities is associated with both sleep attitudes and sleep outcomes. Methods: Participants consisted of 173 adults recruited from Amazon's Mechanical Turk. Participants reported their age, gender, race, and SES, sleep outcomes, and sleep attitudes, which were measured via a psychometrically validated scale, the Charlotte Attitudes Towards Sleep Scale. Results: A significant three-way interaction of gender by SES by sleep attitudes was found ( b =-.13, p <.05, ΔR 2 =.21) predicting sleep duration only on weekends, such that higher SES males with less favorable sleep attitudes reported more weekend sleep, whereas women with higher SES and less favorable sleep attitudes received the least amount of sleep. In addition, a significant three-way interaction of gender by race by sleep attitudes ( b =.52, p <.05, ΔR 2 =.21) was found, indicating that sleep attitudes were a strong predictor of weekend duration among minority women, where individuals with less positive sleep attitudes slept the least on weekends. Conclusion: These results suggest that the intersection of multiple identities may be important in examining how sleep attitudes predict sleep outcomes. It is possible that higher SES females are under more stress to maintain a higher SES compared to their male counterparts, especially minority women. Additional research is needed to test the mechanisms by which these intersections of identities operate in predicting sleep attitudes and outcomes, and future sleep interventions may benefit by addressing these disparities related to identity. Support (If Any): UNCC Psychological Sciences Departmental funding.