Investigating the Association Between Paranoia and Sleep Disturbances

dc.contributor.advisorBlanchard, Jack Jen_US
dc.contributor.authorSavage, Christina L.G.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-07T05:30:25Z
dc.date.available2020-07-07T05:30:25Z
dc.date.issued2020en_US
dc.description.abstractThe current study investigated the relation between sleep disturbance (assessed by self-report and actigraphy) and paranoia in a transdiagnostic sample with psychosis. It also assessed the impact that negative affect (depression-anxiety) and social cognitive bias (tendency to blame others) have on this association. Twenty-seven participants with a psychotic disorder, who were recruited from a larger pilot study, completed clinical interviews and self-report questionnaires related to paranoia, sleep disturbance, sleep-related impairment, negative affect, and social cognitive bias. After completing these assessments, participants wore an actigraph watch for seven consecutive days to assess their sleep-wake patterns. Results indicated that paranoia was associated with sleep-related impairment and social cognitive bias, but it was not related to depression-anxiety or any measures of sleep disturbance. These results suggest that paranoia may be impacted by some aspects of sleep and social cognitive bias, which could inform future interventions.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/yf5z-1h7f
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/26014
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPsychologyen_US
dc.titleInvestigating the Association Between Paranoia and Sleep Disturbancesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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