Sleep Moderates and Mediates the Relationship Between Acculturation and Depressive Symptoms in Pregnant Mexican-American Women

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 422-433

  D’Anna Hernandez, Kimberly L ^a   Garcia, Esmeralda ^a   Coussons Read, Mary ^b   Laudenslager, Mark L ^c   Ross, Randal G ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Immigrant; Mood; Mother; Perinatal; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MEXICO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANT WOMEN; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84956940912     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-015-1840-9     Document Type: Article

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