Nightmares and Stress: A Longitudinal Study
| Autor: | Michael Schredl, Maria Gilles, Isabell Wolf, Michael Deuschle, Tabea Send, Marc Sütterlin, Verena Peus, Angelina Samaras, Svenja Bardtke, Barbara Scharnholz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Adult Longitudinal study Adolescent 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Pregnancy Surveys and Questionnaires Stress (linguistics) medicine Humans Longitudinal Studies Scientific Investigations Nightmare Dreams Pregnancy Complications Cross-Sectional Studies 030228 respiratory system Neurology Etiology Trait Female Neurology (clinical) medicine.symptom Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Stress Psychological Clinical psychology Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | J Clin Sleep Med |
| ISSN: | 1550-9397 |
| Popis: | STUDY OBJECTIVES: In nightmare etiology, trait and state factors play important roles. However, the interaction of state and trait factors has never been studied in a longitudinal design. METHODS: The current sample included 406 pregnant women who were followed up approximately 6 months after giving birth (n = 375) and 4 years later (n = 302). A nightmare frequency scale and several stress-related questionnaires were presented at three measurement points. RESULTS: Despite the major life events in this sample, nightmare frequency was very stable over this time period and decreased slightly. In line with previous findings, cross-sectional analyses showed that stressors were associated with current nightmare frequency but longitudinal analyses indicated that previously measured nightmare frequency showed even stronger effects on current nightmare frequency. CONCLUSIONS: Because the nightmare frequencies were very stable, it would be desirable to carry out intervention studies treating nightmares as early as possible—even in childhood—and study whether nightmare occurrence is lower even years after the intervention. CITATION: Schredl M, Gilles M, Wolf I, Peus V, Scharnholz B, Sütterlin M, Bardtke S, Send TS, Samaras A, Deuschle M. Nightmares and stress: a longitudinal study. J Clin Sleep Med. 2019;15(9):1209–1215. |
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