Role of Severe Psychopathology in Sleep-Related Experiences: A Pilot Study

Nirit Soffer-Dudek; Hadar Shalev; Asher Shiber; Golan Shahar

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Role of Severe Psychopathology in Sleep-Related Experiences: A Pilot Study

Nirit Soffer-Dudek, Hadar Shalev, Asher Shiber, Golan Shahar

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Abstract

The construct General Sleep-related Experiences (GSEs, such as elevated dream recall, vivid or bizarre dreams, flying dreams, hypnagogic hallucinations, nightmares, and recurrent dreams) has been previously linked to various forms of psychopathology in nonclinical populations. The aim of this pilot study was to explore this relationship in the context of severe psychopathology. Nineteen outpatients of a mental health clinic were compared to 26 controls on sleep experiences, psychopathology, sleep quality, life stress, and transliminality. Outpatients also reported illness intrusiveness levels. As expected, the outpatient group had elevated GSEs. Within the outpatient group, illness intrusiveness, stress, and transliminality were correlated with GSEs. These findings elucidate the association between GSEs and distress in the context of severe psychopathology.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	148-156
Number of pages	9
Journal	Dreaming
Volume	21
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/a0022865
State	Published - 1 Jun 2011

Keywords

Illness intrusiveness
Psychopathology
Sleep related experiences
Stress
Transliminality

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General Psychology

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