Sleep Difficulties Are Correlated with Emotional Problems following Loss and Residual Symptoms of Effective Prolonged Grief Disorder Treatment
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There is preliminary evidence that poor sleep quality is associated with emotional problems following loss, including symptoms of prolonged grief disorder (PGD) and depression. We conducted two studies to improve existing knowledge about the role of sleep difficulties in recovery from loss. Study 1 that relied on self-reported data from a heterogeneous sample of 177 bereaved individuals replicated prior findings of a linkage between increased sleep difficulties and increased PGD severity. This study also suggested that sleep difficulties are more strongly associated with depression than with PGD. In Study 2, we examined whether prior evidence that sleep complaints are a residual symptom of PGD treatment could be replicated in a sample of 43 bereaved individuals who underwent cognitive behavioural therapy for PGD. Outcomes showed that, although sleep difficulties declined significantly during this cognitive behavioural therapy, after this therapy, over half of all patients still had sleep difficulties above the average sleep difficulties observed in the general Dutch population.
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More severe sleep difficulties are associated with higher levels of prolonged grief.
“For example, several studies have shown that more severe sleep difficulties are associated with higher levels of prolonged grief (Boelen and Lancee, 2013; Germain et al., 2005; Hardison et al., 2005).”
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Sleep difficulties are associated with mental health problems following loss, such as prolonged grief and depression.
“There is strong evidence that sleep difficulties is associated with mental health problems following loss, such as prolonged grief and depression (Boelen and Lancee, 2013; Lancel et al., 2020; Monk et al., 2008).”
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- Authors
- Boelen, P. A., & Lancee, J.
- Affiliations
- Utrecht University (NL)
- University of Amsterdam (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Boelen, Paul A.
- Venue
- Depression Research and Treatment
- Publisher
- Hindawi Limited
- Published
- 2013
- Volume
- 2013
- Pages
- 1-6
- ISSN
- 2090-1321 (ISSN-L)
- 2090-133X
- PMC
- PMC3727137
- OpenAlex
- W2146778240
- Cited by
- 24
- References
- 30
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 3 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 3
- FWCI
- 1.85
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- Depression Research and Treatment (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Stichting Stimuleringsfonds Rouw
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning
- Keywords
- sleep disorders, prolonged grief disorder, bereavement, depression, cognitive behavioral therapy, grief therapy, residual symptoms, sleep quality
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