APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Ethnic Differences in the Relation between Sleep Duration and Stress Response Among College Students
- Ruby Cuellar
California State University San Marcos - Cliff Ridenour
California State University San Marcos - Sarah DeBellis
CSUSM - Kim Tsai
SJSU - Kimberly D'Anna
Marquette University - Kim Pulvers
California State University San Marcos
Abstract
Results indicate that more sleep in non-Hispanic Caucasians is associated with less physiological response to a stressor. Mexican-Americans on the other hand, showed a different pattern of results. The more sleep they reported, the higher their reactivity to stress.
Race and Ethnicity