Racial differences in sleep architecture: The role of ethnic discrimination

Biological Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-38

  Tomfohr, Lianne ^a   Pung, Meredith A ^b   Edwards, Kate M ^b   Dimsdale, Joel E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Discrimination; Sleep architecture; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; SLEEP ARCHITECTURE; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP STAGE 2; SLEEP TIME; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS; THE SCALE OF ETHNIC EXPERIENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREJUDICE; SLEEP; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84155167142     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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