Psychosocial stressors and poor sleep quality among NYC adolescents: Gauging the need for a sleep intervention incorporating mind-body integrative health

Purpose: A growing number of urban adolescents experience inadequate sleep duration, disrupted sleep, and/or trouble falling asleep, indicating poor sleep quality. Recent studies have highlighted the association between poor sleep and diminished psychological and physical health, increased risk-taking behavior, and poor academic performance. Racial and ethnic disparities in sleep quality have been observed among adolescents. To inform an intervention we: quantified the prevalence of sleep quality; described psychosocial stressor components of sleep hygiene that interfere with sleep; assessed demographic differences in poor sleep quality; and gauged interest in a sleep …