Marital happiness and sleep disturbances in a multi-ethnic sample of middle-aged women
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Previous research suggests that divorced individuals, particularly women, have higher rates of sleep disturbances as compared to married individuals. Among the married, however, little is known about the association between relationship quality and sleep. The present study examined the association between marital happiness and self-reported sleep disturbances in a sample of midlife women drawn from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN), a multi-site, multi-ethnic, community-based study (N = 2,148). Marital happiness was measured using a single item from the Dyadic Adjustment Scale, and sleep disturbance was assessed using 4 items from the Women's Health Initiative Insomnia Rating Scale (WHIIRS). After controlling for relevant covariates, maritally happy women reported fewer sleep disturbances, with the association evident among Caucasian women and to a lesser extent among African American women.
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Relationship quality may be an important moderator between sleep quality and health.
“For example, relationship quality has been shown to be an important predictor of sleep health, especially among women, and relationship quality may be an important moderator between sleep quality and health.241–244”
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Relationship quality is an important predictor of sleep health, especially among women.
“For example, relationship quality has been shown to be an important predictor of sleep health, especially among women, and relationship quality may be an important moderator between sleep quality and health.241–244”
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- Authors
- Troxel, W. M., Buysse, D. J., Hall, M., & Matthews, K. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Venue
- Behavioral Sleep Medicine
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2008-12-30
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 2-19
- ISSN
- 1540-2002 (ISSN-L)
- 1540-2010
- PMC
- PMC2654623
- OpenAlex
- W2125988636
- Cited by
- 142
- References
- 65
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- FWCI
- 7.67
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Behavioral Sleep Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (6u01ag012535-26, UL1TR000005)
- National Institute on Aging (U01-AG-012535, AG012531, U01AG012539, U01AG012505, AG 012535, AG012495, AG 012554, U01AG012553, U01AG012495, AG 012505, R01AG019362, AG 012546, AG012553, U01AG012554, AG19362, U01AG012546, U01AG012531, AG012539)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HL076852=076858, R24HL076852, K23HL093220)
- National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH024652, MH-64144, MH 24652, K01MH064144, T32MH016804, R37MH024652)
- National Institute of Nursing Research (NR-004061, U01NR004061)
- National Center for Research Resources (M01RR000056, RR 00056)
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
- Keywords
- marital satisfaction, marital quality, sleep disorders, insomnia, middle-aged women, divorced women, racial differences, African American women, ethnic differences, dyadic adjustment, women's health
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Asian, Black or African American, Female, Happiness, Hispanic or Latino, Humans, Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders, Marriage, Middle Aged, Multicenter Studies as Topic, Postmenopause, White People, Perimenopause
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