Houthuys J Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Psychology, Mental Health , Sleep Disorders
Department of Clinical and Life Span Psychology, Experimental and Applied Psychology, Belgium
Dr. Houthuys J, Department of Clinical and Life Span Psychology, Experimental and Applied Psychology, Belgium. His research interests reflect in his wide range of publications in various national and international journals.
Research Article Open Access
Author(s): Vandekerckhove M, Houthuys J, Kestemont J, Weiss R, Verhaert V, De Valck E, Verbraecken J and Cluydts R
The present study investigates the impact of pre-sleep negative stress on sleep and unrecognized effects of dispositional emotion regulation. It was examined whether the induction of negative pre-sleep emotion had a negative impact on sleep physiology and second, whether a dispositional High ‘Emotional Approach’ (HEA) compared to a ‘Low Emotional Approach’ (LEA) defined by high versus low efforts to identify, process, and express emotions, assessed by the ‘Emotional Approach’ scale EAC, Stanton et al., facilitates the recovery from a pre-sleep failure-experience and its effects on sleep physiology. The induction of a personal failure experience resulted in a worsening of mood, a significant increase of ruminative thoughts ... view moreĀ»