A Correlational Analysis of the Relationships among Intolerance of Uncertainty, Anxiety Sensitivity, Subjective Sleep Quality, and Insomnia Symptoms

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dc.contributor.authorLauriola, Marco
dc.contributor.authorCarleton, R. Nicholas
dc.contributor.authorTempesta, Daniela
dc.contributor.authorCalanna, Pierpaolo
dc.contributor.authorSocci, Valentina
dc.contributor.authorMosca, Oriana
dc.contributor.authorSalfi, Federico
dc.contributor.authorDe Gennaro, Luigi
dc.contributor.authorFerrara, Michele
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-07T14:58:56Z
dc.date.available2023-03-07T14:58:56Z
dc.date.issued2019-09-05
dc.description© 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).en_US
dc.description.abstractIn this study, we used structural equation modeling to investigate the interplay among Intolerance of Uncertainty (IU), Anxiety Sensitivity (AS), and sleep problems. Three hundred undergraduate students completed the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale, the Intolerance of Uncertainty Inventory, the Anxiety Sensitivity Index, the Beck Depression Inventory, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and the Insomnia Severity Index. 68% and 40% of the students reported poor sleep quality or sub-threshold insomnia problems, respectively. Depression and anxiety levels were above the cut-off for about one-fourth of the participants. Structural equation modeling revealed that IU was strongly associated with AS, in turn influencing both insomnia severity and sleep quality via depression and anxiety. Significant indirect effects revealed that an anxious pathway was more strongly associated with insomnia severity, while a depression pathway was more relevant for worsening the quality of sleep. We discussed the results in the frameworks of cognitive models of insomnia. Viewing AS and IU as antecedents of sleep problems and assigning to AS a pivotal role, our study suggested indications for clinical interventions on a population at risk for sleep disorders.en_US
dc.description.authorstatusFacultyen_US
dc.description.peerreviewyesen_US
dc.identifier.citationLauriola, M., Carleton, R. N., Tempesta, D., Calanna, P. Socci, V., Mosca O., De Gennaro, L. & Ferrara, M. (2019). A correlational analysis of the relationships among Intolerance of Uncertainty, Anxiety Sensitivity, Subjective Sleep Quality, and Insomnia Symptoms. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16, 3253. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16183253en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16183253
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10294/15833
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Instituteen_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectintolerance of uncertaintyen_US
dc.subjectanxiety sensitivityen_US
dc.subjectsleep qualityen_US
dc.subjectinsomnia severityen_US
dc.subjectmediation analysesen_US
dc.subjectdepressionen_US
dc.subjectanxietyen_US
dc.titleA Correlational Analysis of the Relationships among Intolerance of Uncertainty, Anxiety Sensitivity, Subjective Sleep Quality, and Insomnia Symptomsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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