绝经妇女热信念和失眠症状之间的关系
Daisy Caizaguano1, Clara Law2, Kathleen Gunthert3
1Department of Psychology, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, NY.
概括
关于热的负面信念与更年期妇女更糟糕的失眠症状有关. 这些认知评估有助于睡眠障碍,独立于热的严重程度.
科学领域:
- 生殖内分泌学 生殖内分泌学
- 睡眠医学 睡眠医学
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
背景情况:
- 热是常见的绝经症状,与睡眠障碍有关.
- 现有的研究将热的严重程度与失眠联系起来.
- 关于热在失眠中的信念的作用还没有得到充分的研究.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查热信念和失眠症状严重程度之间的独特关联.
- 为了确定关于热的负面信念是否能预测症状严重程度以外的失眠.
主要方法:
- 对102名绝经前和绝经后妇女的横截面分析.
- 利用了从纵向研究中获得的二次数据.
- 采用等级线性回归来评估热信念,严重程度和失眠之间的关系.
主要成果:
- 热的信念与失眠症状严重程度有积极的关联,解释了24%的差异.
- 热的严重程度和信念都在一起分析时仍然是失眠的重要预测因素.
- 热的严重程度和信念共同解释了失眠症状27%的差异.
结论:
- 热的认知评估与失眠严重程度的增加显著相关.
- 负面的信念可能会加剧兴奋,干扰睡眠,无论热的强度如何.
- 研究结果表明,认知行为干预可以解决更年期妇女的失眠和血管运动症状.
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