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Open Access 01-12-2021 | Insomnia | Research article

Relationships of coping styles and psychological distress among patients with insomnia disorder

Authors: Yinghui Li, Xiaoyin Cong, Suzhen Chen, Yong Li

Published in: BMC Psychiatry | Issue 1/2021

Abstract

Background

Insomnia appears to be one of the most frequent sleep complaints in the general population. It has significant negative impact on daily functioning. However, there has been little research that described the effect of coping style in insomnia disorder.

Methods

The Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire (SCSQ) was used to evaluate 79 adult patients with insomnia disorder alongside 80 healthy controls. Additionally, sleep quality was assessed with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90R) was utilized to determine the status of depression, anxiety and other psychological symptoms.

Results

Positive coping style score was significantly lower, whereas negative coping style score and nine symptomatic dimensions of SCL-90R were significantly higher in insomnia patients than in controls. Positive coping style score was adversely related to PSQI score, obsessive-compulsive, depression, anxiety and phobic anxiety, whereas negative coping style score was positively related to PSQI score, somatization and interpersonal sensitivity. Further multiple stepwise regression analysis showed that PSQI total score was independently and positively correlated with negative coping style score.

Conclusions

Insomniacs use more negative coping styles and less positive ones. Positive coping is adversely associated with insomnia symptoms and psychological distress, whereas negative coping is positively related to those symptoms. And negative coping has a negative effect on sleep quality. we should attach importance to coping styles of insomniacs in clinical practice, which may help to develop more targeted prevention and intervention strategies.

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Title: Relationships of coping styles and psychological distress among patients with insomnia disorder
Authors: Yinghui Li
Xiaoyin Cong
Suzhen Chen
Yong Li
Publication date: 01-12-2021
Publisher: BioMed Central
Keywords: Insomnia
Mood Disorders
Affective Disorder
Anxiety
Published in: BMC Psychiatry / Issue 1/2021
Electronic ISSN: 1471-244X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03254-7

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Relationships of coping styles and psychological distress among patients with insomnia disorder

Abstract

Background

Methods

Results

Conclusions

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