Insomnia symptoms and repressive coping in a sample of older Black and White women.

Background: This study examined whether ethnic differences in insomnia symptoms are mediated by differences in repressive coping styles.

Methods: A total of 1274 women (average age = 59.36 +/- 6.

Breast self-examination practices among women from six ethnic groups and the influence of cancer worry.

Diverse samples of women (N = 1364) from Brooklyn, New York, were interviewed regarding their breast cancer screening practices. Of interest here is the relation between cancer worry and adherence to breast self-examination (BSE) guidelines among the six ethnic groups identified--European American, African American, Haitian, Dominican and English-speaking Caribbean women. There was a significant difference in cancer worry by ethnicity.