학술논문
Post-adoption experiences of discrimination moderated by sleep quality are associated with depressive symptoms in previously institutionalized youth over and above deprivation-induced depression risk.
Document Type
Academic Journal
Author
Morency MM; Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota Twin-Cities, Minneapolis, MN, USA.; Donzella B; Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota Twin-Cities, Minneapolis, MN, USA.; Reid BM; Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.; Lee RM; Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota Twin-Cities, Minneapolis, MN, USA.; Dengel DR; Center for Pediatric Obesity Medicine, Minneapolis, MN, USA.; Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, University of Minnesota Twin-Cities, Minneapolis, MN, USA.; Gunnar MR; Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota Twin-Cities, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Source
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 8910645 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1469-2198 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 09545794 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Dev Psychopathol Subsets: MEDLINE
Subject
Language
English
Abstract
The association of post-adoption experiences of discrimination with depressive symptoms was examined in 93 previously institutionalized (PI) youth (84% transracially adopted). Additionally, we explored whether sleep quality statistically moderated this association. Notably, we examined these associations after covarying a measure of autonomic balance (high/low frequency ratio in heart rate variability) affected by early institutional deprivation and a known risk factor for depression. PI youth exhibited more depressive symptoms and experiences of discrimination than 95 comparison youth (non-adopted, NA) raised in their biological families in the United States. In the final regression model, there was a significant interaction between sleep quality and discrimination, such that at higher levels of sleep quality, the association between discrimination and depression symptoms was non-significant. Despite being cross-sectional, the results suggest that the risk of depression in PI youth involves post-adoption experiences that appear unrelated to the impacts of early deprivation on neurobiological processes associated with depression risk. It may be crucial to examine methods of improving sleep quality and socializing PI youth to cope with discrimination as protection against discrimination and microaggressions.