Sleeping inadequately- can’t sleep or regular awakenings
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Sleep Disorders, Insomnia: Cognitive Style?
MORIN- 67 rp’s who either slept well or had insomnia. Completed questionnaires on sleep patterns for 21 days. Both groups had stressful events but insomniacs viewed more neg.
Concluded insomnia cause by the way people see stressors and perceived control of them. Questionnaires reliable? Cause and effect? Sample?
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Sleep Disorders, Insomnia: Family Conflict?
GREGORY- questionnaire large sample kids in NZ. Children with higher conflict more likely to have insomnia at 18.
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Sleep Disorders, Insomnia: Family Conflict, Evaluation?
Stressors lead to insomnia. Only a small number of insomniacs so hard to generalise. Parents filled out questionnaires, may not be honest, guilt?
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Sleep Disorders, Insomnia: Bio Factors SMITH ET AL?
SMITH ET AL- brain scans of 9 insomniacs and non insom. Decreased blood flow to parts of brain, basal ganglia. Abnormal brain function.
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Sleep Disorders, Insomnia: Bio Factors SMITH ET AL, Evaluation?
Very small sample. Abnormal brain function may be result of insomnia not the cause
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Sleep Disorders, Insomnia: Bio Factors WATSON?
WATSON- twin study on insomniacs and found 50% of the variation in the risk of getting insomnia was due to genes
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Sleep Disorders, Insomnia: Bio Factors WATSON, Evaluation?
Doesn’t show what genes are involved. Only 50% concordance so there must be other factors involved.
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MORIN- 67 rp’s who either slept well or had insomnia. Completed questionnaires on sleep patterns for 21 days. Both groups had stressful events but insomniacs viewed more neg.
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Sleep Disorders, Insomnia: Cognitive Style?
Card 3
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Concluded insomnia cause by the way people see stressors and perceived control of them. Questionnaires reliable? Cause and effect? Sample?
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Card 4
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GREGORY- questionnaire large sample kids in NZ. Children with higher conflict more likely to have insomnia at 18.
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Card 5
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Stressors lead to insomnia. Only a small number of insomniacs so hard to generalise. Parents filled out questionnaires, may not be honest, guilt?
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