Dimensions of self-selected leisure activities, trait coping and their relationships with sleep quality and depressive symptoms

Merritt, Marcellus M.; Zawadzki, Matthew J.; Paolo, Michelle R. Di; Johnson, Kayla; Ayazi, Maryam

doi:10.1080/02614367.2017.1310283

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“…Control of leisure time predicted fewer awakenings. Recent research (Merritt et al 2017) found selfselected leisure activities to improve sleep quality. Moreover, the current study is the first to test not only work conditions but also private stressors and control during leisure time to predict sleep quality (as was continuously assessed by objective and subjective sleep indicators across a working week).…”

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Work and sleep quality in railway employees: an actigraphy study

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This actigraphy study tests whether daily work stressors (time pressure, social stressors), work resources (control, social support) and mental detachment from work predict sleep quality, when controlling for demands and control after work. Fifty-two railway employees participated during five consecutive workdays by completing diary questionnaires and wearing an actigraphy device. The results confirmed that social stressors from supervisors predicted more frequent sleep fragmentation and lower sleep efficiency the following night. Higher levels of daily time control at work predicted shorter sleep-onset latency and better selfreported sleep quality. Leisure time control as a covariate turned out to be a private resource, followed by fewer awakenings the following night. Detachment after work related negatively to social stressors and time pressure at work but was unrelated to indicators of sleep quality; detachment after work neither mediated nor moderated the relationship between social stressors from supervisors and sleep quality. Work redesign to increase time control and reduce social stressors is recommended to preserve daily recovery in railway employees. Practitioner summary: Sleep is important to renew health-and safety-related resources in railway employees. This diary and actigraphy study shows that higher daily work stressors were antecedents of lower sleep quality the following night, while more time control was followed by better sleep quality. Work redesign could promote health and safety by improving sleep quality.

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“…Unexpectedly, we did not find any significant moderator effects for trait PCs in the role of condition in BP or negative affect responses. PCs is a complex and young concept with studies assessing it in several different ways (Merritt et al, ; Williams et al, ; Zawadzki et al, ). As measurement for this trait is increasingly being developed and refined, future studies may utilize alternative surveys to tap into this measure, such as the Thought Control Questionnaire, Thought Occurrence Questionnaire, and the White Bear suppression inventory (Zawadzki et al, ).…”

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“…Two scales were used to measure PCs in order to avoid relying on a single scale that can be strongly related to another diagnosis such as depression or anxiety (Merritt et al, ). First, trait rumination was assessed with the 22‐item Ruminative Response Scale (Nolen‐Hoeksema & Morrow, ) that measures brooding, reflective, and depressive coping responses to negative events (e.g., “think about a recent situation, wishing it had gone better”).…”

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“…Although brief MM has shown positive effects, it is possible that some people are likely to benefit less from brief MM than others. For example, as noted above, people with high trait PCs have more automatic, invasive, and undesirable thoughts about stressful life events (Brosschot et al, 2010;Thayer & Lane, 2002;Zawadzki et al, 2018;Zoccola et al, 2008), which can prevent them from focusing and reaping the benefits of stress relieving techniques (Merritt, Zawadzki, Paolo, Johnson, & Ayazi, 2017). Specifically, this process is very different from other cognitive strategies in response to stress, such as proactive coping (e.g., addressing stressors in a positive way) and suppression (e.g., avoiding thoughts about the stressor), and represents a failure of inhibitory neural processes (Thayer & Lane, 2002).…”

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Cardiovascular and affective responses to speech and anger: Proactive benefits of a single brief session of mindfulness meditation

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Purpose This pilot study evaluated whether a brief, 5‐min single‐session of mindfulness meditation (MM) training could lessen cardiovascular and affective reactivity to speech and anger recall. Moreover, we tested if trait levels of perseverative cognitions (PCs) moderated these relationships. Methods Participants completed online survey measures including PCs; thereafter, they completed a 5‐min resting baseline, 2‐min speech task, and 5‐min anger recall task while measures of BP were collected. The experimental group received a 5‐min MM training session before the resting baseline period. Results Repeated measures ANOVA were conducted for condition (MM vs. control) and period (repeated: baseline, speech, anger recall) on blood pressure (BP). The MM group showed less systolic and diastolic BP reactivity during speech and anger recall than the control group. There were no effects observed for negative affect nor did PCs moderate the BP findings. Conclusion Thus, even 5 min of MM training can have momentary cardiovascular benefits, having important implications for the training and implementation of MM programs.

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“…B. Williams et al, 2016). For instance, Merritt, Zawadzki, Di Paolo, Johnson, and Ayazi (2017) found among young adults that more distraction associated with self-selected leisure activities (i.e., preferred activities like jogging or prayer done to escape from daily stress and/or to keep daily routine) is linked with less depressive symptoms and better subjective sleep quality at higher levels of JHAC. Thus, as prayer could represent an SSLA, perhaps a more tailored intervention for the high JHAC and low education risk group is required.…”

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Religiosity, Education, John Henryism Active Coping, and Cardiovascular Responses to Anger Recall for African American Men

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Journal of Black Psychology

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The present study examined if high levels of religious attendance (ORG), private religious activity (NOR), or intrinsic religiosity (SUB) buffer cardiovascular responses to active speech and anger recall lab stressors alone and by John Henryism Active Coping (JHAC) and educational attainment. A sample of 74 healthy African American males, aged 23 to 47 years, completed psychosocial surveys and a lab reactivity protocol involving active speech and anger recall with a 5-minute baseline and ensuing recovery periods. Measures of religiosity, JHAC, and education were related to continuous measures of systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP), for each task and

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Dimensions of self-selected leisure activities, trait coping and their relationships with sleep quality and depressive symptoms

Abstract: (2017) Dimensions of self-selected leisure activities, trait coping and their relationships with sleep quality and depressive symptoms, Leisure Studies, 36:6, 838-851,

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Work and sleep quality in railway employees: an actigraphy study

Work and sleep quality in railway employees: an actigraphy study

Cardiovascular and affective responses to speech and anger: Proactive benefits of a single brief session of mindfulness meditation

Religiosity, Education, John Henryism Active Coping, and Cardiovascular Responses to Anger Recall for African American Men

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