Examining the association between perceived racism and sleep quality: The mediating role of rumination.

IF 3.2 2区心理学 Q1 ETHNIC STUDIES

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology Pub Date : 2025-03-06 DOI:10.1037/cdp0000738

Clysha S Whitlow, Philip Zendels, Andrew D Case

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Abstract

Objectives: Sleep problems and disorders are associated with various health problems, such as heart disease and cancer. Black Americans report higher rates of poor sleep quality and health disorders than other racial and ethnic groups. Research suggests perceived racism can influence sleep difficulties; however, the mechanisms connecting racism to sleep difficulties are not fully understood. Rumination, a form of perseverative cognition in which individuals repeatedly focus on negative emotions and their causes and consequences, can affect sleep quality. This cross-sectional study examined whether brooding and reflection rumination explained the relation between perceived racism and sleep quality among Black American college students.

Method: Participants (n = 215), ranging in age from 18 to 53, completed The Schedule of Stressful Racist Events, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and Ruminative Responses Scale.

Results: We found that perceived racism predicted both forms of rumination. Notably, however, only the brooding form of rumination was significantly associated with sleep quality, with higher levels predicting poorer sleep quality.

Conclusions: Findings suggest that a particular form of rumination, when used as a coping response in the context of racism, may be associated with sleep difficulties. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

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检视种族主义认知与睡眠品质的关系：反刍的中介作用。

目的：睡眠问题和障碍与各种健康问题有关，如心脏病和癌症。美国黑人报告睡眠质量差和健康失调的比例高于其他种族和族裔群体。研究表明，感知到的种族主义会影响睡眠困难；然而，将种族主义与睡眠困难联系起来的机制尚不完全清楚。反刍是一种持续性认知，在这种认知中，个体反复关注负面情绪及其原因和后果，会影响睡眠质量。这项横断面研究考察了沉思和反思是否解释了美国黑人大学生感知到的种族主义与睡眠质量之间的关系。方法：年龄在18 ~ 53岁的215名被试完成了《种族主义压力事件表》、《匹兹堡睡眠质量指数》和《反思反应量表》。结果：我们发现感知到的种族主义可以预测两种形式的反刍。然而，值得注意的是，只有沉思形式的反刍与睡眠质量显著相关，反刍水平越高，睡眠质量越差。结论：研究结果表明，一种特殊形式的反刍，当被用作种族主义背景下的应对反应时，可能与睡眠困难有关。（PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA，版权所有）。

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Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology Multiple-

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5.90

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6.10%

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101

期刊介绍： Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology seeks to publish theoretical, conceptual, research, and case study articles that promote the development of knowledge and understanding, application of psychological principles, and scholarly analysis of social–political forces affecting racial and ethnic minorities.