Although existing literature has widely identified significant relationships between a history of childhood maltreatment and mental health problems and between a history of childhood maltreatment and sleep problems, less is known about relationships between experiences of multiple types of childhood maltreatment, sleep problems, and anxiety in low-income young adults and former foster youth. This study aimed to explore whether experiences of multiple types of childhood maltreatment, a history of foster care placement, lifetime trauma, and hours of sleep would be associated with anxiety in low-income young adults and former foster youth. The study surveyed a total sample of 143 young adults, and their hours of sleep were measured with FitBits. Multiple regression analyses were conducted to examine the relationships between experiences of multiple types of childhood maltreatment, a history of foster care placement, lifetime trauma, hours of sleep, and anxiety. The study found a significant relationship between multiple types of child maltreatment and anxiety, after controlling for a history of foster care placement, lifetime trauma, and demographic information. Notably, while experiences of multiple types of child maltreatment and a history of foster care placement were no longer associated with anxiety, a lifetime history of trauma remained associated with anxiety, after controlling for hours of sleep. Social workers and service providers need to provide low-income young adults and former foster youth with interventions aimed at addressing both sleep problems and traumatic stress, which may in turn reduce the risk for anxiety.

尽管现有文献已广泛发现儿童虐待历史与精神健康问题之间以及儿童虐待历史与睡眠问题之间的重要关系，但对多种类型的儿童虐待经历，睡眠问题和低度焦虑的关系之间的关系知之甚少收入的年轻人和前寄养年轻人。这项研究旨在探讨在低收入的年轻人和以前的寄养青年中，多种类型的儿童期虐待经历，寄养机构的病史，终身创伤和睡眠时间是否与焦虑症相关。该研究共调查了143位年轻成年人的样本，并使用FitBits测量了他们的睡眠时间。进行了多元回归分析，以检验多种类型的儿童期虐待经历，寄养地点的历史，终生创伤，睡眠时间和焦虑之间的关系。在控制了寄养地点，终身创伤和人口统计信息的历史之后，该研究发现多种类型的儿童虐待与焦虑之间存在显着关系。值得注意的是，尽管多种类型的儿童虐待经历和寄养服务的历史不再与焦虑相关，但在控制了数小时的睡眠后，终生的创伤史仍与焦虑相关。社会工作者和服务提供者需要向低收入的年轻人和前寄养青年提供旨在解决睡眠问题和创伤性压力的干预措施，