Gibson Rosemary
School of Psychology, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Health Promot J Austr. 2025 Jul;36(3):e70054. doi: 10.1002/hpja.70054.
Sufficient sleep is a basic right, vital for functioning and wellbeing. Socioecological disparities in sleep status are increasingly highlighted. However, broader social and cultural factors, including beliefs and practicalities of sleep, are seldom considered. This is particularly important for bicultural countries such as Aotearoa New Zealand, where mainstream discourses and health promotion have been colonised. Media provides a platform for shaping beliefs and attitudes concerning sleep. Media messaging contributes to definitions of 'normal sleep' and sensationalised messages around sleep(lessness) and disease-seldom accounting for nuanced differences across the lifespan or Indigenous knowledge and practises concerning sleep and wellbeing. How messages concerning sleep are delivered, interpreted, and resisted varies and warrants exploring-particularly among populations predisposed to sleep disturbances. This paper provides a narrative review of the social and cultural factors influencing sleep and highlights the paucity of research in this space. Responding to these gaps, a current research agenda is presented concerning sleep-related discourses and practises in Aotearoa New Zealand. This includes explorations of media representations of sleep, key audience interpretations, and the development of a theoretical framework to inform appropriate sleep-related research and health promotion relevant to contemporary Aotearoa New Zealand and beyond.
充足的睡眠是一项基本权利，对身体机能和健康至关重要。睡眠状况的社会生态差异日益凸显。然而，包括睡眠观念和实际情况在内的更广泛的社会和文化因素却很少被考虑。这对于像新西兰这样的双文化国家尤为重要，在那里主流话语和健康促进已被殖民化。媒体为塑造有关睡眠的观念和态度提供了一个平台。媒体信息影响了“正常睡眠”的定义，并围绕睡眠（不足）和疾病制造耸人听闻的信息——很少考虑到整个生命周期中的细微差异或关于睡眠与健康的本土知识和实践。关于睡眠的信息如何传递、解读和被抵制各不相同，值得探讨——尤其是在易患睡眠障碍的人群中。本文对影响睡眠的社会和文化因素进行了叙述性综述，并强调了该领域研究的匮乏。针对这些差距，提出了一项关于新西兰睡眠相关话语和实践的当前研究议程。这包括对睡眠的媒体呈现、关键受众解读的探索，以及开发一个理论框架，以为与当代新西兰及其他地区相关的适当睡眠研究和健康促进提供信息。
