Negative affectivity, sensory processing hypersensitivity, sleep quality and dreams: A conceptual model for generalised anxiety disorder in adults

Khodarahimi, Siamak; Mirderikvand, Fazlolah; Amraei, Kourosh

doi:10.1007/s12144-021-01428-w

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“…Together, these findings suggest that both positive and negative features of SPS may influence dream recall, and that the negative factors may be important in amplifying our reactions to negative dream content. Interestingly, Levin and Fireman (2001) linked nightmare recall frequency to both fantasy proneness and absorption, and Khodarahim et al (2023) showed that SPS moderated the link between negative affectivity and a latent variable reflecting both dream recall frequency and attitudes toward dreams. Specifically, negative affectivity predicted SPS, which predicted more frequent dream recall and a stronger tendency to regard dreams as meaningful—the latter variable possibly reflecting deeper processing of dream content.…”

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Traits linked to sensory processing sensitivity mediate the relationship between externally oriented thinking and fantasizing

Jakobson,

McQuarrie,

Van Landeghem

et al. 2024

Front. Psychol.

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IntroductionAlexithymia is characterized by difficulties identifying and describing feelings but expression of externally oriented thinking (EOT) and difficulty fantasizing is more variable. In two studies, we investigated whether links between EOT and fantasizing are mediated by sensory processing sensitivity (SPS).MethodsUniversity students completed measures of alexithymia, SPS, and fantasizing.ResultsIn Study 1 (N = 700) we identified two clusters of SPS traits: a positive facet (sensitivity to subtle stimuli) and a negative facet (sensitivity to uncomfortable stimuli). In the 499 participants who completed the fantasy measure, low EOT scores predicted stronger SPS positive and negative traits, which predicted a stronger tendency to mentally project oneself into the lives of characters in books, movies, and plays. In Study 2 (N = 600), the link between EOT and this same fantasizing tendency was again mediated by features of SPS—in this case fantasy proneness and emotional reactivity.DiscussionWe suggest that, whereas individuals who score high on EOT have an impoverished fantasy life, those who score relatively low on EOT and turn their attention inward are able to maintain stronger representations of imagined events in working memory (enhancing the likelihood that they will be recalled) and react more strongly to these events (enhancing their salience). Stronger expression of these features of SPS, in turn, increases the likelihood that one will develop a cognitive style that involves the application of imagery-based strategies to support deep processing of the thoughts and feelings of characters depicted in narratives.

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Traits linked to sensory processing sensitivity mediate the relationship between externally oriented thinking and fantasizing

Jakobson,

McQuarrie,

Van Landeghem

et al. 2024

Front. Psychol.

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“…Functional MRI studies indicate that frontal brain areas (parts of the salience network and default mode network) play a major role in sensory processing sensitivity (Greven et al, 2019) and, thus, would be in line with the findings of Vallat et al (2020) that more intense processing during the awakening process can increase the chance to recall a dream. Neither of the two studies (Carr et al, 2021;Khodarahimi et al, 2021) reporting an association between sensory processing sensitivity and dream recall, however, controlled for possible mediating effects of personality variables like the big five factors. Nevertheless, these two findings indicate that traits that are conceptualized as neurophysiological (Aron et al, 2012) may be related to dream recall frequency and, thus, add a new pathway to the abovementioned psychological pathways (focusing on dreams can increase dream recall) explaining the interindividual differences in dream recall.…”

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“…In a student sample, sensory processing sensitivity was related to dream recall frequency, with those having high and medium sensitivity reporting higher dream recall than those with low sensitivity (Carr et al, 2021). Another study (Khodarahimi et al, 2021) reported a positive relationship between sensory processing hypersensitivity and a composite dream recall measure including nightmare frequency, dream sharing frequency, and so on in patients with generalized anxiety disorder. High sensory processing sensitivity is characterized by increased depth of processing, awareness of subtleties, high emotional reactivity, and ease of overstimulation (Aron et al, 2012).…”

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Dream recall frequency and sensory-processing sensitivity.

Schredl¹,

Blamo²,

Ehrenfeld³

et al. 2022

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The lifestyle hypothesis of dream recall emphasizes psychological factors in explaining interindividual differences in dream recall frequency. Recent findings suggest that neurophysiological traits such as default mode network connectivity might also help to explain differences in dream recall. A sample of 1,807 participants (1,008 women, 799 men) with a mean age of 47.75 6 14.41 years completed an online survey including the Highly Sensitivity Person Scale, the Big Five personality questionnaire, and a dream recall frequency scale. The finding of a relationship between aesthetic sensitivity (a subfactor of sensory processing sensitivity) and dream recall frequency supports the hypothesis that neurophysiological traits might also be important in explaining interindividual differences in dream recall. Large-scale studies using, for example, brain imagining techniques will be necessary to link interindividual differences in information processing to differences in dream recall frequency.

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Sensory processing sensitivity as a predictor of health-related quality of life outcomes via stress and sleep quality

Costa-López,

Ruiz-Robledillo,

Moreno

et al. 2024

Sci Rep

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Sensory processing sensitivity (SPS), linked to processing external and internal stimuli, has drawn attention to its associations with clinical factors, particularly with health-related quality of life (HRQOL) variables. This study examined the relationships among SPS, stress, sleep quality, and HRQOL, establishing an explanation model. Eight hundred adults ( M = 26.66 years, SD = 12.24; range age: 18–85 years) completed self-administered questionnaires on SPS, stress, sleep quality, and HRQOL. Correlation analysis and structural equation modeling (SEM) were used to analyze HRQOL pathways. Stress positively correlated with sleep quality disturbances (r = 0.442, p < 0.001), and SPS (r = 0.344, p < 0.001). Sleep quality disturbances were weakly positively associated with SPS (r = 0.242, p < 0.001). Weak negative correlations emerged between stress and physical (r = -0.283, p < 0.001) and mental (r = − 0.271, p < 0.001) health, HRQOL main dimensions. SEM results showed SPS positively influenced sleep quality disturbances ( β = 0.242, p < 0.05) stress ( β = 0.413, p < 0.001) while negatively affecting physical health ( β = − 0.126, p < 0.001). Sleep quality disturbances negatively affected physical ( β = − 0.168, p < 0.001), and mental ( β = − 0.189 , p < 0.001) health, and stress on mental health ( β = − 0.492, p < 0.01). Indirect effects between SPS and physical ( β = -0.036, p < 0.001) and mental ( β = − 0.091, p < 0.001) health through sleep were observed, as well as a mediation of stress between SPS and mental health (β = − 0.196, p < 0.001). SPS, sleep quality disturbances, and stress emerged as significant predictors of self-rated physical and mental health in adults.

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Negative affectivity, sensory processing hypersensitivity, sleep quality and dreams: A conceptual model for generalised anxiety disorder in adults

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Traits linked to sensory processing sensitivity mediate the relationship between externally oriented thinking and fantasizing

Traits linked to sensory processing sensitivity mediate the relationship between externally oriented thinking and fantasizing

Dream recall frequency and sensory-processing sensitivity.

Sensory processing sensitivity as a predictor of health-related quality of life outcomes via stress and sleep quality

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