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Sleep as a mediator of the relationship between social class and health in higher education students
British Journal of Psychology, Vol.114(3), pp.710-730
2023
PMID: 36891968
Abstract
A substantial body of research indicates that higher education students from lower social class backgrounds tend to have poorer health than those from higher social class backgrounds. To investigate sleep as a potential mediator of this relationship, online survey responses of students from five large Australian universities, one Irish university and one large Australian technical college were analysed in three studies (Study 1 N = 628; Study 2 N = 376; Study 3 N = 446). The results revealed that sleep quality, sleep duration, sleep disturbances, pre sleep worries and sleep schedule variability mediated the relationship between social class and physical and mental health. Sleep remained a significant mediator when controlling for related variables and other mediators. Thus, the findings suggest that sleep partly explains social class differences in health. We discuss the importance of addressing sleep issues among students from lower social class backgrounds.
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- Title
- Sleep as a mediator of the relationship between social class and health in higher education students
- Authors
- Romany McGuffog (Corresponding Author) - University of Newcastle AustraliaMark Rubin (Author) - University of Newcastle AustraliaMark Boyes (Author) - Curtin UniversityMarie L Caltabiano (Author) - James Cook UniversityJames Collison (Author) - Australian College of Applied PsychologyGeoff P Lovell (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - LegacyOrla Muldoon (Author) - University of LimerickStefania Paolini (Author) - University of Newcastle Australia
- Publication details
- British Journal of Psychology, Vol.114(3), pp.710-730
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
- Date published
- 2023
- DOI
- 10.1111/bjop.12645
- ISSN
- 2044-8295; 0007-1269
- PMID
- 36891968
- Copyright note
- This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. © 2023 The Authors. British Journal of Psychology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The British Psychological Society.
- Grants
- Grant note
- 1050313 / Professor Daphne Keats Philanthropic donation
- Organisation Unit
- Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; Forest Research Institute; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99712498502621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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