Neighborhood disorder, sleep quality, and psychological distress: testing a model of structural amplification
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Using data from the 2004 Survey of Texas Adults (n=1504), we examine the association between perceived neighborhood disorder and psychological distress. Building on previous research, we test whether the effect of neighborhood disorder is mediated and moderated by sleep quality. Our specific analytic strategy follows a two-stage theoretical model of structural amplification. In the first stage, perceptions of neighborhood disorder increase psychological distress indirectly by reducing sleep quality. In the second stage, the effect of neighborhood disorder on psychological distress is amplified by poor sleep quality. The results of our analyses are generally consistent with our theoretical model. We find that neighborhood disorder is associated with poorer sleep quality and greater psychological distress. We also observe that the positive association between neighborhood disorder and psychological distress is mediated (partially) and moderated (amplified) by poor sleep quality.
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Sleep quality may partially mediate the relationship between neighborhood quality and mental health.
“Furthermore, sleep quality may partially mediate the relationship between neighborhood quality and both mental227 and physical225 health.”
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Neighborhoods that are crime-ridden, not socially cohesive, and dirty are associated with worse sleep quality.
“Several studies have investigated the role of the neighborhood in an individual’s sleep quality, showing that neighborhoods that are crime-ridden, not socially cohesive, and dirty, are associated with worse sleep quality.224–227”
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Neighbourhoods perceived to be dirty, dangerous, and disconnected are home to individuals more likely to report poor sleep quality.
“Not only have studies shown that neighbourhoods that are perceived to be dirty, dangerous, and disconnected are also home to individuals more likely to report poor sleep quality (Hale & Do, 2006; Hale et al., 2010, 2013; Hill et al., 2009)”
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- Authors
- Hill, T. D., Burdette, A. M., & Hale, L.
- Affiliations
- University of Miami (US)
- Mississippi State University (US)
- Stony Brook University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Hill, Terrence D.
- Venue
- Health & Place
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2009-12
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1006-1013
- ISSN
- 1353-8292 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2089609832
- Cited by
- 218
- References
- 64
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- FWCI
- 6.53
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Health & Place (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
- Keywords
- neighborhood disorder, sleep quality, psychological distress, structural amplification, mediation, moderation, perceived neighborhood environment, mental health
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Mental Disorders, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Poverty Areas, Residence Characteristics, Sleep, Social Environment, Stress, Psychological, Young Adult
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