Cognitive and affective control in insomnia

[en] 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 nextday 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. © 2011 Schmidt, Harvey and Van der Linden.

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Neurosciences & behavior

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Schmidt, Ralph E.; Department of Psychology, Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Department of Psychology, Cognitive Psychopathology and Neuropsychology Unit, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Harvey, Allison G.; Department of Psychology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States

Van der Linden, Martial ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Département de Psychologie

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English

Title :

Cognitive and affective control in insomnia

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2011

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Frontiers in Psychology

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1664-1078

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Frontiers Media S.A., Switzerland

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DEC

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349

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