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Perfectionism related to self-reported insomnia severity, but not when controlled for stress and emotion regulation

Perfectionism related to self-reported insomnia severity, but not when controlled for stress and emotion regulation
Perfectionism related to self-reported insomnia severity, but not when controlled for stress and emotion regulation
Background: Perfectionism is understood as a set of personality traits such as unrealistically high and rigid standards for performance, fear of failure, and excessive self-criticism. Previous studies showed a direct association between increased perfectionism and poor sleep, though without taking into account possible mediating factors. Here, we tested the hypothesis that perfectionism was directly associated with poor sleep, and that this association collapsed, if mediating factors such as stress and poor emotion regulation were taken into account.
Methods: Three hundred and forty six young adult students (M=23.87 years) completed questionnaires relating to perfectionism traits, sleep, and psychological functioning such as stress perception, coping with stress, emotion regulation, and mental toughness.
Results: Perfectionism was directly associated with poor sleep and poor psychological functioning. When stress, poor coping, and poor emotion regulation were entered in the equation, perfectionism traits no longer contributed substantively to the explanation of poor sleep.
Conclusion: Though perfectionism traits seem associated with poor sleep, the direct role of such traits seemed small, when mediating factors such as stress perception and emotion regulation were taken into account.
perfectionism, perceived stress, emotion regulation, young adults, sleep quality
1176-6328
263-271
Brand, Serge
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Pühse, Uwe
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Lemola, Sakari
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Correll, Christoph
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Cortese, Samuele
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Meyer, Till
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Holsboer-Trachsler, Edith
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Brand, Serge
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Kirov, Roumen
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Kalak, Nadeem
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Gerber, Markus
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Pühse, Uwe
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Lemola, Sakari
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Correll, Christoph
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Cortese, Samuele
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Meyer, Till
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Holsboer-Trachsler, Edith
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Brand, Serge, Kirov, Roumen, Kalak, Nadeem, Gerber, Markus, Pühse, Uwe, Lemola, Sakari, Correll, Christoph, Cortese, Samuele, Meyer, Till and Holsboer-Trachsler, Edith (2015) Perfectionism related to self-reported insomnia severity, but not when controlled for stress and emotion regulation. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 263-271. (doi:10.2147/NDT.S74905).

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Background: Perfectionism is understood as a set of personality traits such as unrealistically high and rigid standards for performance, fear of failure, and excessive self-criticism. Previous studies showed a direct association between increased perfectionism and poor sleep, though without taking into account possible mediating factors. Here, we tested the hypothesis that perfectionism was directly associated with poor sleep, and that this association collapsed, if mediating factors such as stress and poor emotion regulation were taken into account.
Methods: Three hundred and forty six young adult students (M=23.87 years) completed questionnaires relating to perfectionism traits, sleep, and psychological functioning such as stress perception, coping with stress, emotion regulation, and mental toughness.
Results: Perfectionism was directly associated with poor sleep and poor psychological functioning. When stress, poor coping, and poor emotion regulation were entered in the equation, perfectionism traits no longer contributed substantively to the explanation of poor sleep.
Conclusion: Though perfectionism traits seem associated with poor sleep, the direct role of such traits seemed small, when mediating factors such as stress perception and emotion regulation were taken into account.

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Accepted/In Press date: 14 November 2014
Published date: 3 February 2015
Keywords: perfectionism, perceived stress, emotion regulation, young adults, sleep quality
Organisations: Clinical Neuroscience

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Local EPrints ID: 380135
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/380135
ISSN: 1176-6328
PURE UUID: 26115e01-ada6-4d92-850a-749e2b97c260
ORCID for Samuele Cortese: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-5877-8075

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Date deposited: 19 Aug 2015 13:39
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:52

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Author: Serge Brand
Author: Roumen Kirov
Author: Nadeem Kalak
Author: Markus Gerber
Author: Uwe Pühse
Author: Sakari Lemola
Author: Christoph Correll
Author: Samuele Cortese ORCID iD
Author: Till Meyer
Author: Edith Holsboer-Trachsler

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