title: Socioeconomic Adversity and Women's Sleep: Stress and Chaos as Mediators.
abstract: We examined income-to-needs ratio, perceived economic well-being, and education and their relations with European and African American women's sleep (n = 219). Sleep was examined through actigraphy and self-reports. Income-to-needs ratio was related to sleep minutes. Perceived economic well-being and education were associated with subjective sleep problems. Perceived stress mediated relations between both income-to-needs ratio and economic well-being and subjective sleep problems. Chaos emerged as a mediator linking income-to-needs ratio and subjective sleep problems. African American women had fewer sleep minutes and lower sleep efficiency than European Americans, and more robust relations between economic well-being and stress was observed for European Americans. Findings highlight the importance of economic adversity for women's sleep and explicate some pathways of risk.
authors.affiliation: a Auburn University.
authors.forename: Mona
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: El-Sheikh
authors.affiliation: a Auburn University.
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Keiley
authors.affiliation: b Muhlenberg College.
authors.forename: Erika J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Bagley
authors.affiliation: c Northwestern University.
authors.forename: Edith
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D056044:Actigraphy; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology; D004522:Educational Status; D005060:Europe / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012307:Risk Factors; D057566:Self Report; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D013997:Time Factors; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology