Robert G Kent1, Bert N Uchino2, Matthew R Cribbet3, Kimberly Bowen1, Timothy W Smith1. 1. Department of Psychology and Health Psychology Program, University of Utah, 380 S. 1530 E. Rm. 502, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA. 2. Department of Psychology and Health Psychology Program, University of Utah, 380 S. 1530 E. Rm. 502, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA. uchino@psych.utah.edu. 3. Department of Psychiatry, Sleep Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The quality of social relationships and social support appears to be associated with physical health outcomes and sleep quality. Almost all previous research in this area focuses on positive aspects of relationships. PURPOSE: The present study thus intended to examine the links between supportive, aversive, ambivalent, and indifferent network ties and sleep quality. METHODS: Relationship data, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)-assessed sleep quality, and depression were examined in 175 middle-aged and older adults. RESULTS: Consistent with hypotheses, supportive ties were positively related to sleep quality, while aversive ties predicted worse sleep quality, associations that were primarily seen for close relationships. Ambivalent and indifferent ties were not significant predictors of sleep quality. Importantly, depression was found to mediate the link between relationship quality and sleep quality. CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest the more specific types of social relationships that may be linked to poor sleep quality and that depression appears to underlie these associations.
BACKGROUND: The quality of social relationships and social support appears to be associated with physical health outcomes and sleep quality. Almost all previous research in this area focuses on positive aspects of relationships. PURPOSE: The present study thus intended to examine the links between supportive, aversive, ambivalent, and indifferent network ties and sleep quality. METHODS: Relationship data, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)-assessed sleep quality, and depression were examined in 175 middle-aged and older adults. RESULTS: Consistent with hypotheses, supportive ties were positively related to sleep quality, while aversive ties predicted worse sleep quality, associations that were primarily seen for close relationships. Ambivalent and indifferent ties were not significant predictors of sleep quality. Importantly, depression was found to mediate the link between relationship quality and sleep quality. CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest the more specific types of social relationships that may be linked to poor sleep quality and that depression appears to underlie these associations.
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Ambivalence; Depression; Relationships; Sleep quality; Social support
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