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Sleep and Breathing

Neuroticism affects nightmare distress through rumination

  • 16-08-2024
  • Anxiety
  • Psychiatrics • Original Article
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Authors
Xiang Wang
Tamini Soondrum
Lisha Dai
Published in
Sleep and Breathing | Issue 6/2024

Abstract

Background/Aims

The role of neuroticism in predicting nightmare distress have been highlighted, and negative coping style may contribute to this relationship, but how these variables interact is limited. The present study aimed to explore how neuroticism and ruminative response contribute to producing nightmare distress, and to explore whether sex influences this relationship.

Methods

We recruited 758 university students, aged an average of 19.07. A moderated mediation model was built to examine the relationships among neuroticism, rumination, and nightmare distress (measured by dream anxiety scale), and explore whether sex could affect this relationship, using the SPSS PROCESS 3.5 macro.

Results

The moderated mediation analyses results showed that ruminative response-depression related can significantly partially mediate the relationship between neuroticism and dream anxiety (β = 0.32), dream anxiety-sleep-related disturbances (β = 0.11) and dream anxiety-daytime dysfunctions (β = 0.21). However, the moderating effects of sex were not significant in all path from neuroticism to dream anxiety.

Conclusion

The study provides a novel architecture on the underlying psychological mechanisms of neuroticism and nightmare distress. This interplay is assumed to be facilitated by ruminations, suggesting that interventions for individuals who suffer from nightmares may focus on their repetitive negative response strategies, especially in people with high neuroticism, irrespective of sex differences.
Title
Neuroticism affects nightmare distress through rumination
Authors
Xiang Wang
Tamini Soondrum
Lisha Dai
Publication date
16-08-2024
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Keyword
Anxiety
Published in
Sleep and Breathing / Issue 6/2024
Print ISSN: 1520-9512
Electronic ISSN: 1522-1709
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-024-03135-9
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