Sleep Disturbance and Risk Behaviors among Inner-City African-American Adolescents

dc.contributor.authorUmlauf, Mary Grace
dc.contributor.authorBolland, John M.
dc.contributor.authorLian, Brad E.
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-28T19:05:40Z
dc.date.available2023-09-28T19:05:40Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractAdolescents tend to experience more problems with sleep loss as a natural consequence of puberty, whereas teens from impoverished urban areas are likely to witness neighborhood violence and/or engage in risk behaviors that may affect sleep. Data from the Mobile Youth Survey, a longitudinal study of impoverished inner-city African-American adolescents (1998-2005; N = 20,716; age range = 9.75-19.25 years), were used to compare paired years of annual surveys elicited by questions about how sleep was affected when bad things happen to friends or family. Using a cross-lagged panel multivariate approach comparing reports for two sequential years and controlling for age/gender plus exposure to traumatic stress and violence, prior sleep disturbance was associated with carrying a knife/gun, brandishing a knife/gun, using a knife/gun, quick temperedness, warmth toward mother, worry, and belief in the neighborhood street code in the latter year. Conversely, seeing someone cut, stabbed, or shot, using alcohol, worry, and internalized anger were associated with sleep disturbance in a latter year. Although a limited measure of sleep disturbance was used, these findings support further research to examine sleep disturbance and risk behaviors among low-income adolescents.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationUmlauf, M. G., Bolland, J. M., & Lian, B. E. (2011). Sleep Disturbance and Risk Behaviors among Inner-City African-American Adolescents. In Journal of Urban Health (Vol. 88, Issue 6, pp. 1130–1142). Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-011-9591-4
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11524-011-9591-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/10845
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.subjectSleep
dc.subjectAdolescent
dc.subjectRisk behaviors
dc.subjectPoverty Area
dc.subjectAfrican Americans
dc.subjectDELAYED PHASE
dc.subjectCHILDREN
dc.subjectNEIGHBORHOODS
dc.subjectPATTERNS
dc.subjectHOPELESSNESS
dc.subjectAGGRESSION
dc.subjectCOMPETENCE
dc.subjectPREVALENCE
dc.subjectCHILDHOOD
dc.subjectINSOMNIA
dc.subjectPublic, Environmental & Occupational Health
dc.subjectMedicine, General & Internal
dc.titleSleep Disturbance and Risk Behaviors among Inner-City African-American Adolescentsen_US
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