Verhaert V Author

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Dispositional Experiential Emotion Regulation and the effects of PreSleep Negative Mood on Sleep

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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 more»

DOI: 10.4172/2325-9639.1000201

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