Sleep as a mediator of the relationship between social class and health in higher education students.

A substantial body of research indicates that higher education students from lower social class backgrounds tend to have poorer health than those from higher social class backgrounds. To investigate sleep as a potential mediator of this relationship, online survey responses of students from five lar...

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Publicado en:British Journal of Psychology Vol. 114; no. 3; pp. 710 - 731
Autores principales: McGuffog, Romany, Rubin, Mark, Boyes, Mark, Caltabiano, Marie L., Collison, James, Lovell, Geoff P., Muldoon, Orla, Paolini, Stefania
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Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Aug2023
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          McGuffog, Romany
          Rubin, Mark
          Boyes, Mark
          Caltabiano, Marie L.
          Collison, James
          Lovell, Geoff P.
          Muldoon, Orla
          Paolini, Stefania
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          University of Newcastle, Callaghan New South Wales,, Australia
          Durham University, Durham, UK
          Curtin University, Perth Western Australia,, Australia
          James Cook University, Douglas Queensland,, Australia
          Australian College of Applied Psychology, Sydney New South Wales,, Australia
          The University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs Queensland,, Australia
          University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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        Australia
        Ireland
        Psychology of college students
        Health status indicators
        Mental health
        Sleep
        Social classes
        Sleep quality
        Sleep duration
        Sleep disorders
        Research funding
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          Psychology of college students
          Health status indicators
          Mental health
          Sleep
          Social classes
          Australia
          Ireland
          Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians)
          Sleep quality
          Sleep duration
          Sleep disorders
          Research funding
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        mediation
        mental health
        physical health
        sleep
        social class
        mediation
        mental health
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        sleep
        social class
      ab: A substantial body of research indicates that higher education students from lower social class backgrounds tend to have poorer health than those from higher social class backgrounds. To investigate sleep as a potential mediator of this relationship, online survey responses of students from five large Australian universities, one Irish university and one large Australian technical college were analysed in three studies (Study 1 N = 628; Study 2 N = 376; Study 3 N = 446). The results revealed that sleep quality, sleep duration, sleep disturbances, pre‐sleep worries and sleep schedule variability mediated the relationship between social class and physical and mental health. Sleep remained a significant mediator when controlling for related variables and other mediators. Thus, the findings suggest that sleep partly explains social class differences in health. We discuss the importance of addressing sleep issues among students from lower social class backgrounds.
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