Sleep health of young adults in Western Australia and associations with physical and mental health: A population-level cross-sectional study

OBJECTIVES: This article aims to report on the sleep health characteristics of a population-level sample of young Australian adults and examine associations with measures of physical and mental health. METHODS: A cross-sectional study using data from the Raine Study. Data from participants (n = 1234) born into the study (Generation 2) at the 22-year follow-up were used, including data from a self-report questionnaire and polysomnography. RESULTS: The highest prevalence of suboptimal sleep health was seen on measures of sleep duration (30%), onset latency (18%), satisfaction (25%) and regularity (60%). Dissatisfaction with sleep (physical health: =0.08; mental health: =0.34) and impaired daytime alertness (physical health: =0.09; mental health: =0.08) were significantly associated with poorer physical and mental health and inadequate polysomnography-measured sleep duration was associated poorer mental health ( =0.07) (all ps \u3c 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Satisfaction with sleep and daytime alertness, both of which are assessed via self-report, are essential aspects of sleep health for young adults. IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH: Findings could inform public health interventions, including screening guidelines, to improve the sleep health and, in turn, the physical and mental health of young adults in Australia

Attempts to control unwanted thoughts in the night : development of the thought control questionnaire-insomnia revised (TCQI-R)

The attempted control of intrusive, uncontrollable thoughts has been implicated in the maintenance of a range of psychological disorders. The current paper describes the refinement of the Thought Control Questionnaire Insomnia (TCQI; Behav. Cogn. Psychoth. 29 (2001)) through its administration to a sample (n=385) including good sleepers and individuals with insomnia. Several items with poor psychometric properties were discarded, resulting in a 35-item revised TCQI. Factor analysis revealed six factors; aggressive suppression, cognitive distraction, reappraisal, social avoidance, behavioural distraction, and worry. The attempted management of unwanted thoughts was compared across individuals with insomnia and good sleepers, and the impact of these strategies on sleep quality, anxiety and depression was investigated. With the exception of cognitive distraction, individuals with insomnia, relative to good sleepers, more frequently used every thought control strategy. The strategies of aggressive suppression and worry, in particular, appeared to be unhelpful, with the use of these strategies predicting sleep impairment, anxiety and depression. The strategy of cognitive distraction appeared to be helpful, with the use of this strategy predicting better sleep quality

A new measure for trait and state anxiety: The state trait inventory of cognitive and somatic anxiety (STICSA). standardization in an Italian population

The Italian version of the STICSA has exhibited good psychometric properties in a sample of middle-aged and older adults (Balsamo et al., 2015).The aim of the current project is to investigate psychometric properties of the STICSA in a large Italian population

A new measure for trait and state anxiety: The state trait inventory of cognitive and somatic anxiety (STICSA). standardization in an Italian population

The Italian version of the STICSA has exhibited good psychometric properties in a sample of middle-aged and older adults (Balsamo et al., 2015).The aim of the current project is to investigate psychometric properties of the STICSA in a large Italian population