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Cognitive and affective control in insomnia

Contributors

Schmidt, Ralph Erich; Harvey, Allison G.; Van der Linden, Martial

Published in

Frontiers in psychology, vol. 2, no. 349, p. 1-12

Publication date

2011

Abstract

Insomnia is a prevalent disabling chronic disorder. The aim of this paper is fourfold: (a) to review evidence suggesting that dysfunctional forms of cognitive control, such as thought suppression, worry, rumination, and imagery control, are associated with sleep disturbance; (b) to review a new budding field of scientific investigation - the role of dysfunctional affect control in sleep disturbance, such as problems with down-regulating negative and positive affective states; (c) to review evidence that sleep disturbance can impair next-day affect control; and (d) to outline, on the basis of the reviewed evidence, how the repetitive-thought literature and the affective science literature can be combined to further understanding of, and intervention for, insomnia.

Keywords

  • Affect
  • Emotion regulation
  • Insomnia
  • Repetitive thought
  • Rumination
  • Thought control
  • Thought suppression
  • Worry

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SCHMIDT, Ralph Erich, HARVEY, Allison G., VAN DER LINDEN, Martial. Cognitive and affective control in insomnia. In: Frontiers in psychology, 2011, vol. 2, n° 349, p. 1–12. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00349

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http://www.frontiersin.org/Cognition/10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00349/abstract

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1664-1078
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