Posttraumatic stress and sleep: Differential relations across types of symptoms and sleep problems

Kimberly Babson; Matthew Feldner; Christal Badour; Casey Trainor; Heidemarie Blumenthal; Natalie Sachs-Ericsson; Norman Schmidt

doi:10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.03.007

Posttraumatic stress and sleep: Differential relations across types of symptoms and sleep problems

Kimberly Babson, Matthew Feldner, Christal Badour, Casey Trainor, Heidemarie Blumenthal, Natalie Sachs-Ericsson, Norman Schmidt

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Abstract

Posttraumatic stress symptoms and self-reported sleep problems reliably covary. The current study investigated how posttraumatic stress symptom clusters (i.e., hyperarousal, avoidance, and reexperiencing) relate to trouble initiating and maintaining sleep and nightmares. Participants included traumatic event-exposed respondents from the NCS-R. Results suggested that posttraumatic stress symptom severity is related to trouble initiating and maintaining sleep and nightmares. Investigation of symptom clusters indicated that reexperiencing symptoms were related to trouble initiating and maintaining sleep and nightmares, while hyperarousal symptoms were related to trouble maintaining sleep and nightmares. Findings partially support both reexperiencing and hyperarousal-based models of the relation between sleep and posttraumatic stress.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	706-713
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Anxiety Disorders
Volume	25
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.03.007
State	Published - Jun 2011

Keywords

Avoidance
Hyperarousal
Posttraumatic stress
Reexperiencing
Sleep

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Clinical Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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