Kara Berkan Can, Dalkilinc Gokcen, Guven Seda Nur, Kesimalioglu Hatice, Satici Seydi Ahmet
Department of Psychological Counselling and Guidance, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Türkiye.
Psychiatr Q. 2025 Sep 10. doi: 10.1007/s11126-025-10200-3.
Sleep is a significant factor influencing both physical and mental health. It supports thinking, emotional regulation, and vitality. However, insomnia is still a common problem, often linked to complex factors like psychological vulnerability and early life experiences. Early childhood experiences have an impact on all aspects of individuals' lives. In particular, early childhood experiences influence individuals' mental and physical health throughout life. Therefore, it is imperative to examine the impact of early childhood experiences on insomnia, with particular attention to the mediating roles of psychological vulnerability and subjective vitality. Data were collected from a sample of 1014 Turkish adults, including 776 females and 238 males, with a mean age of 32.35 years (SD = 8.73) ranging from 18 to 61 years. According to structural equation modeling, psychological vulnerability and subjective vitality fully mediated between positive childhood experiences and insomnia. In other words, positive early childhood experiences reduce the level of psychological vulnerability; this increase in subjective vitality helps reduce the level of insomnia. Consequently, it is recommended to focus on reducing psychological vulnerability, enhancing subjective vitality and emphasize the significance of positive early childhood experiences for individual-focused and protective interventions targeting insomnia. The results of this research are expected to contribute to a better understanding of the effects of positive childhood experiences on insomnia.
睡眠是影响身心健康的一个重要因素。它有助于思考、情绪调节和活力。然而，失眠仍然是一个常见问题，常常与心理脆弱性和早期生活经历等复杂因素有关。幼儿期经历会对个体生活的各个方面产生影响。特别是，幼儿期经历会影响个体一生的身心健康。因此，必须研究幼儿期经历对失眠的影响，尤其要关注心理脆弱性和主观活力的中介作用。数据收集自1014名土耳其成年人，其中包括776名女性和238名男性，平均年龄为32.35岁（标准差=8.73），年龄范围在18至61岁之间。根据结构方程模型，心理脆弱性和主观活力在积极的童年经历与失眠之间起到了完全中介作用。换句话说，积极的幼儿期经历会降低心理脆弱性水平；主观活力的增强有助于降低失眠水平。因此，建议关注降低心理脆弱性、增强主观活力，并强调积极的幼儿期经历对于针对失眠的个体聚焦和保护性干预措施的重要性。这项研究的结果有望有助于更好地理解积极的童年经历对失眠的影响。
