Practice of Sleep Medicine

Reported history of childhood trauma, mentalizing deficits, and hypersomnia in adulthood: A mediational analysis in a nonclinical sample

“…Sleep is essential for optimal health, cognition, immune system well‐being, memory consolidation, endocrine activity, and cardiovascular health (Stuck et al., 2021). Available research has made it clear that poor sleep quality is comorbid with many psychological disorders and impacts treatment outcomes negatively (Horenstein et al., 2019; Zalta et al., 2013).…”

“…Furthermore, most of the previous studies that connect childhood trauma to sleep problems have either addressed sleep issues without differentiating between different sleep disorders or have focused on insomnia, perhaps because insomnia is more prevalent (Stuck et al, 2021) or, because of expectations that alertness and hyperarousal caused by the body's trauma response is more probable to be accompanied by symptoms of insomnia (Bader et al, 2007;Riemann et al, 2010). Hypersomnia is defined as increased daytime sleepiness despite sufficient or even very long night sleep (Stuck et al, 2021) and is associated with health-related, socioeconomic consequences for patients, their partners, and society (Jennum et al, 2014). Okada et al (2018) studied sleep disturbances using data from 273 abused children and adolescents (age range: 4 to 15 years) and reported daytime sleepiness in 10% of the study sample.…”

Parental burnout and sleep problems in Iranian mothers of primary school‐aged children: Exploring the mediation effect of emotional schemas

“…In general, low socioeconomic status, genetic factors, age‐related cognitive and physiological changes, personality factors (such as perfectionism, reduced self‐esteem, introversion and internalization), working conditions, and major life events that increase stress levels and being female are considered to be predictors of poor sleep quality (Stuck et al., 2021 ). Additionally, studies show during the current pandemic mothers are anticipated to have more sleep problems than fathers (Wearick‐Silva et al., 2021 ).…”

“…The diathesis‐stress model for psychological disorders suggests insomnia occurs in relation to both predisposing and precipitating factors and that the chronic form of the disorder is maintained by maladaptive coping behaviors (perpetuating factors). Psychological factors play a major role in the etiology and maintenance of insomnia (Stuck et al., 2021 ).…”

“…Among psychological treatments available for insomnia, cognitive‐behavioral therapy (CBT‐I) has been validated and is considered to be the main treatment for insomnia. CBT‐I is even preferred to pharmaceutical medications for insomnia (Stuck et al., 2021 ; Taylor et al., 2015 ). Similar to other psychological treatments, cognitive‐behavioral therapy for insomnia has been evolving in the recent years.…”