Daily concordance between ecological stressors and sleep in young minority children during the pre-COVID-19 outbreak period
Objective: As the COVID-19 pandemic brings widespread changes in families, the sociology of sleep becomes noticeable. Yet, the socio-contextual determinants of a biopsychosocial phenomenon as sleep are poorly investigated. We examine changes concomitantly occurring in the child's sleep per fami...
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| description | Objective: As the COVID-19 pandemic brings widespread changes in families, the sociology of sleep becomes noticeable. Yet, the socio-contextual determinants of a biopsychosocial phenomenon as sleep are poorly investigated. We examine changes concomitantly occurring in the child's sleep per familial and community stressors. Methods: During the pre-COVID-19 outbreak period, in 24 minority children (5.4 ± 1.7 years old, 54.2% girls), sleep was objectively measured 24 h for two consecutive weeks, and this was repeated three times over the study period of three months. The caregiver filled out questionnaires surveying sociodemographic, community and family aspects. Results: Children went to bed at 22:26 and woke up at 07:04, with each a variability of about 50 min. Money and time were revealed as related key stressors to sleep. Five dimensions best fitted their association. In general, concurrent changes within the individual child indicate that mean sleep variables seem to relate to predominantly features of the stressors (explained variance of 34.7 to 56.7%), while variability of sleep tends to associate to situational aspects of the stressors (explained variance of 30.4 to 61.8%). Associations were best explained in terms of the 24 h dimension, particularly exposing sleep variability. Conclusion: Individual variabilities in a child's sleep are associated with familial resources, such as caregiver's time to self, money and basic needs. Time spent in bed, a modifiable factor by society and shaper of sleep quantity and quality, plays a key role in stressor-sleep associations. Insights from biopsychosocial perspectives may be valuable for understanding COVID-19 sleep studies, and the development of (post-) COVID-19 sleep recommendations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7bfd3cb387974e22887c20f1d4054a662022-12-22T03:36:59ZengElsevierSleep Epidemiology2667-34362021-12-011100007Daily concordance between ecological stressors and sleep in young minority children during the pre-COVID-19 outbreak periodCalista U. Alaribe0Odochi U. Nwabara1Karen Spruyt2College of Health Sciences, Department of Health Studies, Chicago State University, Chicago, IL, USACollege of Health Sciences, Department of Health Studies, Chicago State University, Chicago, IL, USANeuroDiderot –INSERM, Université de Paris, Paris F-75019, France; Corresponding author.Objective: As the COVID-19 pandemic brings widespread changes in families, the sociology of sleep becomes noticeable. Yet, the socio-contextual determinants of a biopsychosocial phenomenon as sleep are poorly investigated. We examine changes concomitantly occurring in the child's sleep per familial and community stressors. Methods: During the pre-COVID-19 outbreak period, in 24 minority children (5.4 ± 1.7 years old, 54.2% girls), sleep was objectively measured 24 h for two consecutive weeks, and this was repeated three times over the study period of three months. The caregiver filled out questionnaires surveying sociodemographic, community and family aspects. Results: Children went to bed at 22:26 and woke up at 07:04, with each a variability of about 50 min. Money and time were revealed as related key stressors to sleep. Five dimensions best fitted their association. In general, concurrent changes within the individual child indicate that mean sleep variables seem to relate to predominantly features of the stressors (explained variance of 34.7 to 56.7%), while variability of sleep tends to associate to situational aspects of the stressors (explained variance of 30.4 to 61.8%). Associations were best explained in terms of the 24 h dimension, particularly exposing sleep variability. Conclusion: Individual variabilities in a child's sleep are associated with familial resources, such as caregiver's time to self, money and basic needs. Time spent in bed, a modifiable factor by society and shaper of sleep quantity and quality, plays a key role in stressor-sleep associations. Insights from biopsychosocial perspectives may be valuable for understanding COVID-19 sleep studies, and the development of (post-) COVID-19 sleep recommendations.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266734362100007XSleep durationChildStressFamilyMinoritySleep variability |
| spellingShingle | Calista U. Alaribe Odochi U. Nwabara Karen Spruyt Daily concordance between ecological stressors and sleep in young minority children during the pre-COVID-19 outbreak period Sleep Epidemiology Sleep duration Child Stress Family Minority Sleep variability |
| title | Daily concordance between ecological stressors and sleep in young minority children during the pre-COVID-19 outbreak period |
| title_full | Daily concordance between ecological stressors and sleep in young minority children during the pre-COVID-19 outbreak period |
| title_fullStr | Daily concordance between ecological stressors and sleep in young minority children during the pre-COVID-19 outbreak period |
| title_full_unstemmed | Daily concordance between ecological stressors and sleep in young minority children during the pre-COVID-19 outbreak period |
| title_short | Daily concordance between ecological stressors and sleep in young minority children during the pre-COVID-19 outbreak period |
| title_sort | daily concordance between ecological stressors and sleep in young minority children during the pre covid 19 outbreak period |
| topic | Sleep duration Child Stress Family Minority Sleep variability |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266734362100007X |
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