title: Ethnocultural differences in sleep complaints among adolescents.
abstract: Data from a school survey (N = 5423) were used to examine differences in sleep complaints among adolescents from nine ethnocultural groups. Compared with Anglo youths, Chinese American youths were at significantly lower risk for insomnia, whereas Mexican American youths had an elevated risk, adjusting for the effects of age, gender, and socioeconomic status. Adjusting for the same three covariates, African, Mexican and Central American youths were at elevated risk for hypersomnia. No group was at lower risk for hypersomnia than the Anglos. The results suggest minority status may affect risk for sleep problems but that the direction and the magnitude of the effects vary depending on the outcome examined, severity of the problem, and the ethnic group studied. Given the paucity of data on culture and risk for disturbed sleep among adolescents, more research is needed on the role of ethnocultural background on sleep.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center, School of Public Health, 77225, USA.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: I G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001213:Asian / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002648:Child; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016017:Odds Ratio; D010154:Pakistan / Q000208:ethnology; D015995:Prevalence; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology; D014744:Vietnam / Q000208:ethnology