Young Adults' Perceived Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Sleep and Other Functioning: Does It Differ for Sexual/Gender and Racial/Ethnic Minorities?
Behav Sleep Med
; 20(3): 294-303, 2022.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1873783
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been concern that the pandemic and associated mitigation efforts would have a particularly adverse effect on communities that are marginalized. This study examined disparities in the perceived impacts of the pandemic on sleep, mental and physical health, social functioning, and substance use among young adults based on sexual/gender minority (SGM) status and race/ethnicity.METHOD:
Participants were 2,411 young adults (mean age = 23.6) surveyed between July 2020-July 2021. A linear regression analysis tested SGM and racial/ethnic group differences on 17 outcomes.RESULTS:
Most young adults reported little-to-no effect of the pandemic on sleep or other indicators of health and functioning. However, SGM young adults reported more adverse effects than non-SGM young adults on their sleep and most other outcomes. Hispanic young adults reported shorter sleep duration - but less pandemic-related depression, loneliness, and relationship problems - compared to non-Hispanic white young adults. We found no evidence that young adults with multiple minority statuses had especially poor pandemic-related outcomes.CONCLUSIONS:
While most young adults did not perceive much impact of the pandemic, results highlight disparities across certain demographic subgroups that may need to be addressed through targeted interventions and close monitoring for long-term effects.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Ethnicity
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Young adult
Language:
English
Journal:
Behav Sleep Med
Journal subject:
Behavioral Sciences
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Neurology
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Psychophysiology
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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