TY - JOUR
T1 - Perfectionism related to self-reported insomnia severity, but not when controlled for stress and emotion regulation
AU - Brand, Serge
AU - Kirov, Roumen
AU - Kalak, Nadeem
AU - Gerber, Markus
AU - Pühse, Uwe
AU - Lemola, Sakari
AU - Correll, Christoph U.
AU - Cortese, Samuele
AU - Meyer, Till
AU - Trachsler, Edith Holsboer
PY - 2015/2/3
Y1 - 2015/2/3
N2 - 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 ques- tionnaires 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 func- tioning. 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 regula- tion were taken into account.
AB - 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 ques- tionnaires 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 func- tioning. 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 regula- tion were taken into account.
KW - Emotion regulation
KW - Perceived stress
KW - Perfectionism
KW - Sleep quality
KW - Young adults
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U2 - 10.2147/NDT.S74905
DO - 10.2147/NDT.S74905
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84922378331
VL - 11
SP - 263
EP - 271
JO - Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
JF - Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
SN - 1176-6328
ER -