TY - JOUR
T1 - Role of Self-Criticism, Anxiety, and Depressive Symptoms in Young Adults’ Insomnia
AU - Bar, Mor
AU - Schrieber, Gili
AU - Gueron-Sela, Noa
AU - Shahar, Golan
AU - Tikotzky, Liat
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2020/3/1
Y1 - 2020/3/1
N2 - The interplay between personality and psychopathology in young adults’ insomnia is poorly understood. The authors examined the main-and-interactive role of self-criticism, anxiety, and depressive symptoms in young adults’ insomnia, as well as the potentially mediating role of sleep-related arousal and maladaptive cognitive styles. One hundred sixty-one undergraduate freshmen (Mage = 25.0 years) were assessed twice over 1.5 months, using measures of sleep quality, anxiety, depressive symptomatology, self-criticism, pre-sleep arousal, and mental control strategies. A structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis revealed that anxiety prospectively predicted insomnia, and this effect was mediated by sleep arousal and social avoidance. As well, self-criticism prospectively predicted insomnia under elevated levels of depressive symptoms. In young adults, insomnia treatment should include a routine assessment and intervention with anxiety, depression, and self-criticism.
AB - The interplay between personality and psychopathology in young adults’ insomnia is poorly understood. The authors examined the main-and-interactive role of self-criticism, anxiety, and depressive symptoms in young adults’ insomnia, as well as the potentially mediating role of sleep-related arousal and maladaptive cognitive styles. One hundred sixty-one undergraduate freshmen (Mage = 25.0 years) were assessed twice over 1.5 months, using measures of sleep quality, anxiety, depressive symptomatology, self-criticism, pre-sleep arousal, and mental control strategies. A structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis revealed that anxiety prospectively predicted insomnia, and this effect was mediated by sleep arousal and social avoidance. As well, self-criticism prospectively predicted insomnia under elevated levels of depressive symptoms. In young adults, insomnia treatment should include a routine assessment and intervention with anxiety, depression, and self-criticism.
KW - Anxiety
KW - Depression
KW - Insomnia
KW - Risk
KW - Self-criticism
KW - Sleep disturbances
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U2 - 10.1007/s41811-019-00058-2
DO - 10.1007/s41811-019-00058-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85078291486
SN - 1937-1209
VL - 13
SP - 15
EP - 29
JO - International Journal of Cognitive Therapy
JF - International Journal of Cognitive Therapy
IS - 1
ER -