Centre for Sleep Science, School of Psychological Science, Faculty of Science, University of Western Australia, Australia; Centre for Emotional Health, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Human Science, Macquarie University, Australia.
College of Education, Psychology and Social Work, Flinders University, Australia.
J Adolesc. 2020 Dec;85:70-79. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2020.10.003. Epub 2020 Oct 15.
Perfectionism is an often overlooked yet consistent construct related to insomnia in the scientific literature. Perfectionism and insomnia are both highly prevalent in adolescence. However, there is a dearth of research examining mechanisms linking perfectionism with insomnia, particularly in young people. The current study aimed to investigate whether vulnerability to stress, a factor common to both constructs, accounts for the relationship between perfectionism and insomnia symptoms in a sample of adolescents.
281 Australian participants (M = 16.53, SD = 1.91, range = 13-19 years, 78% female) completed questionnaires assessing perfectionism, vulnerability to stress and insomnia on one occasion.
Vulnerability to stress accounted for the relationship between self-oriented striving perfectionism, self-oriented critical perfectionism and insomnia symptom severity in females, but not males. Females reported higher self-oriented critical perfectionism, vulnerability to stress and insomnia severity, with a stronger relationship between vulnerability to stress and insomnia symptoms observed for females.
These results may partly explain the preponderance of insomnia in adolescent females. Possible implications for the prevention and treatment of insomnia in young people are discussed.
在科学文献中，完美主义是一个经常被忽视但与失眠密切相关的概念。完美主义和失眠在青少年中都非常普遍。然而，很少有研究探讨将完美主义与失眠联系起来的机制，特别是在年轻人中。本研究旨在调查在青少年样本中，压力易感性（这两个结构共有的一个因素）是否可以解释完美主义与失眠症状之间的关系。
281 名澳大利亚参与者（M = 16.53，SD = 1.91，范围 13-19 岁，78%为女性）一次性完成了评估完美主义、压力易感性和失眠的问卷。
在女性中，压力易感性解释了自我导向努力完美主义、自我导向批判完美主义与失眠症状严重程度之间的关系，但在男性中则不然。女性报告了更高的自我导向批判完美主义、压力易感性和失眠严重程度，并且女性压力易感性和失眠症状之间的关系更强。
这些结果可能部分解释了青少年女性中失眠症普遍存在的原因。讨论了对年轻人预防和治疗失眠症的可能影响。
