Fichten Catherine S, Libman Eva, Bailes Sally, Jorgensen Mary, Havel Alice, Qin Yuxuan, Creti Laura, Liao Huanan, Zlotea Bianca, Vo Christine, Budd Jillian, Vasseur Abigaelle, Pierre-Sindor Tanya, Costin Georgiana
Department of Psychology, Dawson College, Montreal, QC H3Z 1A4, Canada.
Adaptech Research Network, Montreal, QC H3Z 3G4, Canada.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2024 Jul 26;14(8):646. doi: 10.3390/bs14080646.
Parasomnias are a group of sleep disorders characterized by abnormal and unpleasant motor, verbal, or behavioral events that occur during sleep or during transitions between wake and sleep states. They disrupt sleep and can have a detrimental impact on the individual experiencing them. Our goal was to identify types of parasomnias and their prevalence in the current and recent post-secondary student population and to explore their coping strategies for parasomnias they found distressing. Seventy-seven post-secondary students completed the 21-item Munich Parasomnia Screening (MUPS) frequency scale. They also rated, on a 10-point scale, how disturbing each parasomnia experienced was. Not only did 92% percent of students report at least one parasomnia, but our results also indicate that the vast majority of students experienced several parasomnias. This led us to investigate the likelihood of the co-occurrence of different parasomnias. With respect to the level of subjectively experienced distress, the most prevalent parasomnias were not always the more disturbing. Coded open-ended responses about what students do about the disturbing parasomnias indicate that grounding strategies (i.e., coping strategies that help manage distressing feelings) and physical manipulation of one's body were the most common, although most participants indicated that in spite of distress, they do nothing to cope. In conclusion, our study found a strikingly high prevalence of parasomnias in this sample of young adults and a lack of knowledge about effective means of dealing with these. Therefore, we provide some accepted ways of dealing with these.
异态睡眠是一组睡眠障碍,其特征是在睡眠期间或在清醒与睡眠状态转换期间发生异常且令人不适的运动、言语或行为事件。它们会扰乱睡眠,并可能对经历这些事件的个体产生不利影响。我们的目标是确定异态睡眠的类型及其在当前和近期的大专学生群体中的患病率,并探索他们针对那些令其苦恼的异态睡眠所采取的应对策略。77名大专学生完成了21项慕尼黑异态睡眠筛查(MUPS)频率量表。他们还以10分制对所经历的每种异态睡眠的困扰程度进行了评分。不仅92%的学生报告至少有一种异态睡眠,而且我们的结果还表明,绝大多数学生经历了多种异态睡眠。这促使我们研究不同异态睡眠同时出现的可能性。就主观感受到的困扰程度而言,最普遍的异态睡眠并不总是最令人困扰的。关于学生如何应对令人困扰的异态睡眠的编码开放式回答表明,扎根策略(即有助于管理困扰情绪的应对策略)和对身体的物理操控是最常见的,尽管大多数参与者表示,尽管感到困扰,但他们没有采取任何应对措施。总之,我们的研究发现,在这个年轻成年人样本中,异态睡眠的患病率高得惊人,而且对于应对这些异态睡眠的有效方法缺乏了解。因此,我们提供了一些公认的应对这些异态睡眠的方法。