Posttraumatic stress in NICU mothers: modeling the roles of childhood trauma and infant health.

Objective: To evaluate acute stress disorder (ASD) symptoms and their predictors in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) mothers.

Study Design: In this cross-sectional study, 119 mothers (~72% Medicaid) completed surveys during the first month of their infants' hospitalizations. Correlations and structural equation models (SEMs) evaluated relations among mothers' childhood trauma history, infant health appraisals, objective infant health, and ASD.

Predictors of Alcohol Use in Safety-Net Primary Care: Classism, Religiosity, and Race.

Class-based discrimination may impact problematic drinking in low-income populations, which may be buffered by personal religiosity. However, little is known how race may impact this association. The purpose of this study was to examine racial differences in the effect of class-based discrimination on problematic drinking as moderated by comfort with God and determine if there were conditional direct effects of class-based discrimination on problematic drinking by race.

Sleep Disturbance Mediates the Association Between Loneliness and Health in Older Americans.

Background: As the research documenting loneliness as a risk factor for morbidity and mortality continues to grow, it becomes increasingly critical to understand the mechanics of this relationship. This study assessed whether sleep disturbance mediates the relationship between loneliness and health.

Method: Data came from the 2006, 2010, and 2014 waves of the Health and Retirement Study, a longitudinal study of older Americans; participants ≥ 65 who completed the Psychosocial and Lifestyle Questionnaire in 2006 were included (n = 5067).

Psychosocial Underpinnings of Pain and Sleep Disturbance in Safety-Net Primary Care Patients.

Objective: The aim of this study was to uncover possible psychosocial underpinnings of pain and sleep disturbance in a safety-net primary care sample.

Methods: Patients ( = 210) awaiting care in a safety-net primary care clinic waiting room completed measures of cynical hostility, social support, mental health, sleep disturbance, and pain. This study was cross-sectional and observational.

Loneliness and sleep: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Despite the mounting evidence linking loneliness with health, the mechanisms underlying this relationship remain obscure. This systematic review and meta-analysis on the association between loneliness and one potential mechanism-sleep-identified 27 relevant articles. Loneliness correlated with self-reported sleep disturbance ( = .

Reciprocal Effects Between Loneliness and Sleep Disturbance in Older Americans.

To model the relationship between loneliness and sleep disturbance over time. : Data came from the Health and Retirement Study (2006, 2010, 2014 waves; age ≥ 65 years; = 5,067). Loneliness was measured via the Hughes Loneliness Scale and sleep disturbance via a four-item scale assessing sleep and restedness.

Insomnia Disorder and Behaviorally Induced Insufficient Sleep Syndrome: Prevalence and Relationship to Depression in College Students.

: College students are at increased risk for sleep disorders, including insomnia disorder and obtaining less than 6.5 hr of sleep per night by choice, or behaviorally induced insufficient sleep syndrome (BIISS). These disorders can have deleterious daytime consequences, including depression.

Common health problems in safety-net primary care: Modeling the roles of trauma history and mental health.

Objective: This study described trauma exposure and investigated mediational effects of mental health on the relationships between trauma and pain, sleep, smoking, and general health.

Method: Participants were 210 low-income primary care patients. The study used a crosssectional, self-report survey design.

Isolation, Not Loneliness or Cynical Hostility, Predicts Cognitive Decline in Older Americans.

To jointly examine isolation, loneliness, and cynical hostility as risk factors for cognitive decline in older adults. Data came from the 2006 to 2012 waves of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a longitudinal study of U.S.