The toll of ethnic discrimination on sleep architecture and fatigue. |
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Authors: | Thomas KaMala S; Bardwell Wayne A; Ancoli-Israel Sonia; Dimsdale Joel E |
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Abstract: | Most work on ethnicity tends to focus on daytime health rather than how aspects of ethnicity affect nighttime functioning. The current study examined how discrimination and ethnic identity relate to sleep architecture and fatigue in 37 African Americans and 56 Caucasian Americans. The authors conducted sleep monitoring with standard polysomnography. African Americans had less slow-wave sleep and reported more physical fatigue than did Caucasian Americans (ps ps p |
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Keywords: | sleep fatigue ethnicity perceived discrimination ethnic identity |
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