Emotion dysregulation mediates the relationship between nightmares and psychotic experiences: results from a student population.

ABSTRACT: Sleep disruption is commonly associated with psychotic experiences. While sparse, the literature to date highlights nightmares and related distress as prominent risk factors for psychosis in students. We aimed to further explore the relationship between specific nightmare symptoms and psychotic experiences in university students while examining the mediating role of emotion dysregulation. A sample (N = 1273) of student respondents from UK universities completed measures of psychotic experiences, nightmare disorder symptomology and emotion dysregulation. Psychotic experiences were significantly more prevalent in students reporting nightmares (n = 757) relative to those who did not (n = 516). Hierarchical linear regression analysis showed that psychotic experiences were significantly associa

SUBMITTER: Akram U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7264199 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature