Insomnia and obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions: The mediating role of anxiety and depression
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Fourteen effect sizes for insomnia and stress were reported across 12 studies (range 0.25-0.55).
“Fourteen effect sizes for insomnia and stress were reported across 12 studies (range 0.250.55) [29,41,47,50,53,54,57,59,60,65,67,69] (with Benham, 2019 [47] and Hellstrom et al, [29] including two effect sizes each).”
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- Authors
- Hellberg, S. N., Buchholz, J. L., & Abramowitz, J. S.
- Affiliations
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Corresponding author
- Hellberg, Samantha N.
- Venue
- Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2019-10
- Volume
- 23
- Pages
- 100482
- ISSN
- 2211-3649 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2974920586
- Cited by
- 17
- References
- 46
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2
- FWCI
- 2.23
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Update notices
- erratum (2021-07-01)
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- insomnia, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, anxiety, depression, stress, contamination, symmetry, mediation, chronic sleep deprivation, university students
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