The impact of political violence on population sleep health in the United States: Representative population research from National Sleep Foundation

IF 4.8 2区医学 Q2 CLINICAL NEUROLOGY

Sleep Health Pub Date : 2026-08-01 Epub Date: 2026-05-25 DOI:10.1016/j.sleh.2026.04.006

Joseph M. Dzierzewski PhD, Natalie D. Dautovich PhD, Alexander J. Erickson PhD, Spencer A. Nielson MS

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Abstract

Objectives

Far-reaching health, economic, cultural, and societal events, including political violence, can impact sleep health. The present study examined the impact of political violence on sleep in the United States.

Methods

A random, nationally representative survey of 1448 American adults, fielded between September 17 and October 5, 2025 in English or Spanish, including: (1) demographics, (2) the Sleep Health Index, and (3) an item asking, “Has political violence in the United States had a negative impact on your sleep?”

Results

More than 36% of adults reported political violence negatively impacted their sleep, with significantly more women (χ² = 8.41) and college educated individuals (χ² = 15.96), and less married adults (χ² = 8.76) reporting a negative impact of political violence on their sleep. Adults reporting a negative impact to their sleep from political violence exhibited significantly poorer global sleep health, sleep quality, and sleep disorder scores, but not sleep duration, on the Sleep Health Index.

Conclusions

Major sociopolitical events can adversely affect sleep health, highlighting a need for future research and identification of strategies to mitigate their impact on sleep health. Future research is needed to clarify the widespread consequences of large-scale societal events and to identify strategies for mitigating impact on sleep health.

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政治暴力对美国人口睡眠健康的影响：来自国家睡眠基金会的代表性人口研究。

目标：影响深远的健康、经济、文化和社会事件，包括政治暴力，都可能影响睡眠健康。目前的研究调查了政治暴力对美国人睡眠的影响。方法：在2025年9月17日至10月5日期间，用英语或西班牙语对1448名美国成年人进行了一项具有全国代表性的随机调查，调查内容包括：(1)人口统计数据；(2)睡眠健康指数；(3)一个问题：“美国的政治暴力是否对你的睡眠产生了负面影响？”结果：超过36%的成年人表示政治暴力对他们的睡眠有负面影响，其中女性（χ2 = 8.41）和受过大学教育的人（χ2 = 15.96）明显更多，而已婚成年人（χ2 = 8.76）较少报告政治暴力对他们的睡眠有负面影响。在睡眠健康指数中，报告政治暴力对睡眠产生负面影响的成年人在全球睡眠健康、睡眠质量和睡眠障碍得分上明显较差，但在睡眠持续时间上没有表现出来。结论：重大社会政治事件会对睡眠健康产生不利影响，因此需要进一步研究并确定减轻其对睡眠健康影响的策略。未来的研究需要澄清大规模社会事件的广泛后果，并确定减轻对睡眠健康影响的策略。

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来源期刊

Sleep Health CLINICAL NEUROLOGY-

CiteScore

6.30

自引率

9.80%

发文量

114

审稿时长

54 days

期刊介绍： Sleep Health Journal of the National Sleep Foundation is a multidisciplinary journal that explores sleep''s role in population health and elucidates the social science perspective on sleep and health. Aligned with the National Sleep Foundation''s global authoritative, evidence-based voice for sleep health, the journal serves as the foremost publication for manuscripts that advance the sleep health of all members of society.The scope of the journal extends across diverse sleep-related fields, including anthropology, education, health services research, human development, international health, law, mental health, nursing, nutrition, psychology, public health, public policy, fatigue management, transportation, social work, and sociology. The journal welcomes original research articles, review articles, brief reports, special articles, letters to the editor, editorials, and commentaries.