Citation

Hardison HG, Neimeyer RA, Lichstein KL. Behav. Sleep Med. 2005; 3(2): 99-111.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1207/s15402010bsm0302_4

PMID

15802260

Abstract

In this study, we extended previous research by concentrating on sleep- and grief-related symptoms in a cohort of bereaved college students, in view of the potential for each of these problems to exacerbate the other. A sample of 815 college students completed the Inventory of Complicated Grief (H. G. Prigerson & S. C. Jacobs, 2001), along with an assessment of diagnostic criteria for insomnia and associated sleep behaviors. As predicted, the rate of insomnia was significantly higher (22%) in the bereaved sample than in a nonbereaved comparison group (17%), a difference that was particularly pronounced in terms of middle insomnia. Also as hypothesized, bereaved insomniacs reported higher complicated grief scores than bereaved noninsomniacs, and several specific sleep variables (including sleep-onset insomnia related to nighttime rumination about the loss and sleep-maintenance insomnia associated with dreaming of the deceased) were significantly related to complicated grief symptomatology.

Language: en