Bierman Alex
Department of Sociology, University of Calgary, Canada.
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2021 Apr 23;76(5):1005-1014. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbaa034.
This research compares three cohorts of individuals in their fifth decade of life and examines whether sleep problems are greater in cohorts following the Great Recession. We argue that these differences will occur because postrecession cohorts are exposed to more economic burdens that harm sleep. We also suggest that postrecession exposure to economic burdens will be amplified among women, leading to greater cross-cohort differences in sleep problems.
Data were derived from the Health and Retirement Study, focusing on cohort surveys starting in 2004, 2010, and 2016 (N = 12,129). Structural equation models compared cohorts in latent levels of sleep problems and also examined whether economic burdens mediated cohort differences. Interactions tested whether cohort differences varied between men and women.
The 2010 and 2016 cohorts had higher mean levels of sleep problems than the 2004 cohort. Greater postrecession exposure to economic burdens largely explained inter-cohort change in sleep problems, with this pattern stronger among women.
Americans are approaching their senior years increasingly burdened by economic stressors that incur sleep problems. Practitioners and aging researchers should be prepared to address deleterious health consequences created by heightened sleep impairments.
本研究比较了三个处于五十多岁年龄段的人群队列，并探讨了大衰退之后出生的队列中睡眠问题是否更为严重。我们认为会出现这些差异是因为衰退后出生的队列面临更多损害睡眠的经济负担。我们还指出，衰退后女性面临的经济负担会加剧，导致不同队列在睡眠问题上的差异更大。
数据来自健康与退休研究，重点关注2004年、2010年和2016年开始的队列调查（N = 12,129）。结构方程模型比较了各队列在睡眠问题潜在水平上的差异，并检验了经济负担是否介导了队列差异。交互作用检验了不同队列在男性和女性之间的差异是否不同。
2010年和2016年队列的睡眠问题平均水平高于2004年队列。衰退后更大程度地暴露于经济负担在很大程度上解释了不同队列在睡眠问题上的变化，这种模式在女性中更为明显。
美国人在步入老年时越来越多地受到导致睡眠问题的经济压力源的负担。从业者和老年研究人员应准备好应对因睡眠障碍加剧而产生的有害健康后果。
