Role of Self-Criticism, Anxiety, and Depressive Symptoms in Young Adults’ Insomnia

Mor Bar; Gili Schrieber; Noa Gueron-Sela; Golan Shahar; Liat Tikotzky

doi:10.1007/s41811-019-00058-2

Role of Self-Criticism, Anxiety, and Depressive Symptoms in Young Adults’ Insomnia

Mor Bar, Gili Schrieber, Noa Gueron-Sela, Golan Shahar, Liat Tikotzky

Department of Psychology

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Abstract

The interplay between personality and psychopathology in young adults’ insomnia is poorly understood. The authors examined the main-and-interactive role of self-criticism, anxiety, and depressive symptoms in young adults’ insomnia, as well as the potentially mediating role of sleep-related arousal and maladaptive cognitive styles. One hundred sixty-one undergraduate freshmen (M_age = 25.0 years) were assessed twice over 1.5 months, using measures of sleep quality, anxiety, depressive symptomatology, self-criticism, pre-sleep arousal, and mental control strategies. A structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis revealed that anxiety prospectively predicted insomnia, and this effect was mediated by sleep arousal and social avoidance. As well, self-criticism prospectively predicted insomnia under elevated levels of depressive symptoms. In young adults, insomnia treatment should include a routine assessment and intervention with anxiety, depression, and self-criticism.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	15-29
Number of pages	15
Journal	International Journal of Cognitive Therapy
Volume	13
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s41811-019-00058-2
State	Published - 1 Mar 2020

Keywords

Anxiety
Depression
Insomnia
Risk
Self-criticism
Sleep disturbances

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Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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