Associations among perceptions of social support, negative affect, and quality of sleep in caregivers and noncaregivers.

Brummett, Beverly H.; Babyak, Michael A.; Siegler, Ilene C.; Vitaliano, Peter P.; Ballard, Edna L.; Gwyther, Lisa P.; Williams, Redford B.

doi:10.1037/0278-6133.25.2.220

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“…That low social support was connected to sleeping difficulties is consistent with studies reporting an association between low levels of social support and sleep disturbances (Åkerstedt et al, 2002; Brummett et al, 2006). Low levels of social support after exposure to a traumatic event may lead to sleep disturbances because individuals are deprived of emotional and instrumental support, which may lead to rumination and higher activation, which hinder sleep.…”

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confidence: 84%

Making connections: exploring the centrality of posttraumatic stress symptoms and covariates after a terrorist attack

Birkeland

Heir

2017

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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Background: Posttraumatic stress symptoms are interconnected. Knowledge about which symptoms of posttraumatic stress are more strongly interconnected or central than others may have implications for the targeting of clinical interventions. Exploring whether symptoms of posttraumatic stress may be differentially related to covariates can contribute to our knowledge on how posttraumatic stress symptoms arise and are maintained. Objective: This study aimed to identify the most central symptoms of posttraumatic stress and their interconnections, and to explore how covariates such as exposure, sex, neuroticism, and social support are related to the network of symptoms of posttraumatic stress. Method: This study used survey data from ministerial employees collected approximately 10 months after the 2011 Oslo bombing that targeted the governmental quarters (n = 190). We conducted network analyses using Gaussian graphical models and the lasso regularization. Results: The network analysis revealed reliably strong connections between intrusive thoughts and nightmares, feeling easily startled and overly alert, and between feeling detached and emotionally numb. The most central symptom in the symptom network was feeling emotionally numb. The covariates were generally not found to have high centrality in the symptom network. An exception was that being female was connected to a high physiological reactivity to reminders of the trauma. Conclusions: Ten months after a workplace terror attack emotional numbness appears to be of high centrality in the symptom network of posttraumatic stress. Fear circuitry and dysphoric symptoms may constitute two functional entities in chronic posttraumatic stress. Clinical interventions targeting numbness may be beneficial in the treatment of posttraumatic stress, at least after workplace terrorism.

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confidence: 84%

Making connections: exploring the centrality of posttraumatic stress symptoms and covariates after a terrorist attack

Birkeland

Heir

2017

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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“…The results of this section were consistent with previous research (Brummett et al, 2006;Nakata et al, 2004;Rambod et al, 2012;Troxel et al, 2010).…”

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confidence: 83%

“…The social support is a social network that provides one with considerable psychological resources so that he can cope with stressful events and daily problems of life (Cohen & Wills, 1985), and various studies have pointed towards the relationship between social support and quality of sleep (Brummett et al, 2006;Nakata et al, 2004;Rambod, Ghodsbin, Beheshtipour, Raieyatpishe, & Mohammadi-Nezhad, 2012;Troxel, Buysse, Monk, Begley, & Hall, 2010).…”

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confidence: 99%

A Study of the Psychological and Family Factors Associated with Sleep Quality among Pregnant Women

Reshadat¹,

Zakiei²,

Karami³

et al. 2016

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Objective: Given the significance of sleep quality among pregnant women and its effects on the health of the fetus and the lack of sufficient studies in this field as well, the present study aimed to both identify some of the psychological factors associated with sleep quality among pregnant women and investigate the relationship between sleep quality among pregnant women and other variables, including depression, anxiety, stress, resilience, perceived social support, and marital adjustment. Materials and methods: In this descriptive-correlational study, 425 pregnant women, visiting Islamabad and Ravansarbased prenatal care centers (randomly selected from the townships of Kermanshah Province (Iran)) in 2015, were selected. To collect the required data, the Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Test (LWSMAT), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Conner-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RIS), Zimet's Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), and depression, anxiety and stress scales were used. Results:The results of data analysis demonstrated that there was a significant relationship between the quality of sleep and variables like depression, anxiety, stress, perception, social support and marital adjustment. Further, the results showed that the hierarchical regression of all variables could predict 31% of the changes of sleep quality. Additionally, anxiety, depression and stress were ranked first, second and third in terms of the shares of variables in predicting the quality of sleep. Whereas, resilience, perceived social support and marital adjustment were unable to predict the quality of sleep. Conclusion: Given the results of the present study, it is suggested that the roles of the psychological factors be considered in improving the quality of sleep among pregnant women.

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“…Some evidence indicates that this is specifically true of vulnerability to sleep disturbance in response to stress, which seems to have trait-like stability in individuals across different stressors and over time (13)(14)(15)(16). We, and others, have previously reported (17,18) that caregivers have poorer sleep quality as compared with noncaregiving controls. Because both the stress of care-giving and increased stimulation of CNS 5HT neurons have been shown to influence sleep, we examined the effects of the 5-HTTLPR genotype on sleep quality as moderated by a major life stressor-caregiving for a close relative with Alzheimer's disease or other dementia.…”

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confidence: 99%

Sleep Quality Varies as a Function of 5-HTTLPR Genotype and Stress

Brummett

Krystal

Ashley-Koch

et al. 2007

Psychosomatic Medicine

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Objective-To test the hypothesis that allelic variation in 5HTT gene-linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR) genotype was associated with sleep quality (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, PSQI) as a main effect and as moderated by the chronic stress of caregiving. Serotonin (5HT) is involved in sleep regulation and the 5HT transporter (5HTT) regulates 5HT function. A common 44-base pair deletion (s allele) polymorphism in the 5-HTTLPR is associated with reduced 5HTT transcription efficiency and 5HT uptake in vitro.Methods-Subjects were 142 adult primary caregivers for a spouse or parent with dementia and 146 noncaregiver controls. Subjects underwent genotyping and completed the PSQI.Results-Variation in 5-HTTLPR genotype was not related to sleep quality as a main effect (p >. 36). However, there was a caregiver X 5-HTTLPR interaction (p < .009), such that the s allele was associated with poorer sleep quality in caregivers as compared with controls.Conclusions-Findings suggest that the s allele may moderate sleep disturbance in response to chronic stress.

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Associations among perceptions of social support, negative affect, and quality of sleep in caregivers and noncaregivers.

Cited by 132 publications

References 41 publications

Making connections: exploring the centrality of posttraumatic stress symptoms and covariates after a terrorist attack

Making connections: exploring the centrality of posttraumatic stress symptoms and covariates after a terrorist attack

A Study of the Psychological and Family Factors Associated with Sleep Quality among Pregnant Women

Sleep Quality Varies as a Function of 5-HTTLPR Genotype and Stress

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