TY - JOUR
T1 - Oxytocin, Social Support, and Sleep Quality in Low-Income Minority Women Living With HIV
AU - Fekete, Erin M.
AU - Seay, Julia
AU - Antoni, Michael H.
AU - Mendez, Armando J.
AU - Fletcher, Mary Ann
AU - Szeto, Angela
AU - Schneiderman, Neil
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Grants P01 MH49548 and T32 MH19817-17 and University of Miami Developmental Center for AIDS Research (DCFAR) Grant SB04 1P30AI073961-02. The NIMH and DCFAR had no further role in study design, collection, analysis and interpretation of data, writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to submit the article for publication. We thank Corina Lopez and Amanda Sussex for their help in collecting data for this project, and Hilary Duckworth for her help in preparing, proofreading, and formatting the manuscript.
PY - 2014/5
Y1 - 2014/5
N2 - Sleep disturbances are highly prevalent in women with HIV, and few studies examine potential protective factors that may reduce risk for sleep disturbances in this high-risk population. This study predicted that HIV-specific social support from various sources (i.e., friends, family members, and spouses), as well as oxytocin (OT), would explain sleep quality in 71 low-income minority women living with HIV. Social support from family members was associated with better sleep quality in women. For women with high OT, support from friends was associated with better sleep quality, whereas for women with low OT, support from friends was associated with poorer sleep quality. Women with low OT may not effectively interpret and utilize available support resources, which may be associated with sleep disturbances. Copyright Taylor & Francis.
AB - Sleep disturbances are highly prevalent in women with HIV, and few studies examine potential protective factors that may reduce risk for sleep disturbances in this high-risk population. This study predicted that HIV-specific social support from various sources (i.e., friends, family members, and spouses), as well as oxytocin (OT), would explain sleep quality in 71 low-income minority women living with HIV. Social support from family members was associated with better sleep quality in women. For women with high OT, support from friends was associated with better sleep quality, whereas for women with low OT, support from friends was associated with poorer sleep quality. Women with low OT may not effectively interpret and utilize available support resources, which may be associated with sleep disturbances. Copyright Taylor & Francis.
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U2 - 10.1080/15402002.2013.791297
DO - 10.1080/15402002.2013.791297
M3 - Article
C2 - 23799864
AN - SCOPUS:84897395188
VL - 12
SP - 207
EP - 221
JO - Behavioral Sleep Medicine
JF - Behavioral Sleep Medicine
SN - 1540-2002
IS - 3
ER -