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Annals of Behavioral Medicine
Published in: Annals of Behavioral Medicine 6/2015

01-12-2015 | Brief Report

Social Relationships and Sleep Quality

Authors: Robert G. Kent, M.S., Bert N. Uchino, Ph.D., Matthew R. Cribbet, Ph.D., Kimberly Bowen, M.A., M.S., Timothy W. Smith, Ph.D.

Published in: Annals of Behavioral Medicine | Issue 6/2015

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Abstract

Background

The quality of social relationships and social support appears to be associated with physical health outcomes and sleep quality. Almost all previous research in this area focuses on positive aspects of relationships.

Purpose

The present study thus intended to examine the links between supportive, aversive, ambivalent, and indifferent network ties and sleep quality.

Methods

Relationship data, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)-assessed sleep quality, and depression were examined in 175 middle-aged and older adults.

Results

Consistent with hypotheses, supportive ties were positively related to sleep quality, while aversive ties predicted worse sleep quality, associations that were primarily seen for close relationships. Ambivalent and indifferent ties were not significant predictors of sleep quality. Importantly, depression was found to mediate the link between relationship quality and sleep quality.

Conclusions

These data suggest the more specific types of social relationships that may be linked to poor sleep quality and that depression appears to underlie these associations.
Footnotes
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When the covariates (age, sex, income, and education) were removed, results remained similar for both supportive (a × b = −0.1226, 95 % CI [−0.1932, −0.0656]) and aversive (a × b = 0.2644, 95 % CI [0.0408, 0.5969]) ties. When scoring without CES-D item 11 (“My sleep was restless”), the pattern of mediation was similar for both supportive (a × b = −0.1015, 95 % CI [−0.1746, −0.0532]) and aversive (a × b = 0.2212, 95 % CI [0.0035, 0.5546]) ties.
 
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Metadata
Title
Social Relationships and Sleep Quality
Authors
Robert G. Kent, M.S.
Bert N. Uchino, Ph.D.
Matthew R. Cribbet, Ph.D.
Kimberly Bowen, M.A., M.S.
Timothy W. Smith, Ph.D.
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Annals of Behavioral Medicine / Issue 6/2015
Print ISSN: 0883-6612
Electronic ISSN: 1532-4796
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-015-9711-6

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