Moderators and mediators of the relationship between stress and insomnia: stressor chronicity, cognitive intrusion, and coping.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

To assess moderators, such as stressor chronicity, and mediators, including stress response in the form of cognitive intrusion and coping behavior, of the prospective association between naturalistic stress and incident insomnia.

Design

Longitudinal.

Setting

Epidemiological.

Participants

A community-based sample of good sleepers (n = 2,892) with no lifetime history of insomnia.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and results

Participants reported the number of stressful events they had encountered at baseline, as well as the perceived severity and chronicity of each event. Similarly, volitional stress responses such as coping, as well as more involuntary responses such as cognitive intrusion were assayed for each stressor. Follow-up

SUBMITTER: Pillai V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4098805 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature