Personality Patterns in Insomnia

Correlates of adolescent poor sleepers.

“…Further, the data show that unlike adults, among whom women are reported to have more sleep complaints than men, adolescent boys are referred more often for sleep difficulties than are adolescent girls (14% and 9%, respectively). The findings reported earlier for adult poor sleepers by 'Monroe (1967) and by Kales and Gary (1971) are also supported in our study of adolescents. That is, the most significant characteristics associated with sleep disturbances are anxiety, fear, depression, somatic concerns, and multiple neurotic manifestations.…”

Psychological characteristics of elderly insomniacs

“…The elevated scores reflect distress arising from perceptions of bodily dysfunction, cognitive intrusions and depressed mood. These results are in line with results from earlier studies (Edinger et al, 1988;Kales et al, 1976;Levin et al, 1984;Lundh et al, 1994) and with descriptions of insomniacs as "repressors" (Hauri & Fisher, 1986) and as subjects with "internalizing personality makeups" (Kales et al, 1976). These earlier findings can be viewed as confirming the internalization hypothesis (Kales et al, 1976;Kales & Vgontzas, 1992).…”

Stress coping behaviors and sleep hygiene practices in a sample of Japanese adults with insomnia

“…indicate that, compared with good sleepers, people with insomnia are apt to perceive their lifestyle as more stressful and choose more emotion‐focused coping behaviors. This does not contradict reports indicating that people with insomnia tend to internalize stress, affecting emotions 8,35–39 . Similar trends were observed in the sample of people with insomnia in the present study.…”