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postgraduate thesis: Daily associations between sleep quality and anxiety in university students : the moderating effect of alexithymia
Title | Daily associations between sleep quality and anxiety in university students : the moderating effect of alexithymia |
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Issue Date | 2020 |
Publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) |
Citation | Lam, S. C. Y. [林靖怡]. (2020). Daily associations between sleep quality and anxiety in university students : the moderating effect of alexithymia. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. |
Abstract | Objectives: Individuals with higher anxiety were shown to experience poorer sleep
quality in between-individuals studies, however, little research explored into the
within-individual day-to-day variations between anxiety and sleep quality. Moreover,
alexithymia was suggested to moderate the relationship between anxiety and sleep
quality. In a nonclinical group of university students, the present research
hypothesized anxiety throughout the day to predict same-night sleep quality (snSQ),
and prior-night sleep quality (pnSQ) to predict next-day anxiety. It was also
hypothesized that alexithymia moderates these relationships. Method: 60 university
students took part in a 4-week study, completing a battery of questionnaires, and filled
in two sleep diaries every day for 4 weeks. TAS-20 was included in the questionnaires
to measure alexithymia. The sleep diaries measured individuals state anxiety and
sleep quality. Results: Anxiety throughout the day significantly predicted snSQ, and
pnSQ significantly predicted next-day anxiety. There were no moderating effect of
alexithymia found in the relationships. However, a significant moderating effect was
found in pnSQ when predicting PM anxiety. Conclusion: Findings supported our
main hypotheses, implying significant associations between daily anxiety and sleep
quality within individuals. It was also suggested that alexithymia displayed a
moderating impact to a certain degree between anxiety and sleep quality.
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Degree | Master of Social Sciences |
Subject | Sleep Anxiety Alexithymia |
Dept/Program | Clinical Psychology |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/310846 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Lam, Stephanie Chin Yee | - |
dc.contributor.author | 林靖怡 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-02-22T15:41:53Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-02-22T15:41:53Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Lam, S. C. Y. [林靖怡]. (2020). Daily associations between sleep quality and anxiety in university students : the moderating effect of alexithymia. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/310846 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Objectives: Individuals with higher anxiety were shown to experience poorer sleep quality in between-individuals studies, however, little research explored into the within-individual day-to-day variations between anxiety and sleep quality. Moreover, alexithymia was suggested to moderate the relationship between anxiety and sleep quality. In a nonclinical group of university students, the present research hypothesized anxiety throughout the day to predict same-night sleep quality (snSQ), and prior-night sleep quality (pnSQ) to predict next-day anxiety. It was also hypothesized that alexithymia moderates these relationships. Method: 60 university students took part in a 4-week study, completing a battery of questionnaires, and filled in two sleep diaries every day for 4 weeks. TAS-20 was included in the questionnaires to measure alexithymia. The sleep diaries measured individuals state anxiety and sleep quality. Results: Anxiety throughout the day significantly predicted snSQ, and pnSQ significantly predicted next-day anxiety. There were no moderating effect of alexithymia found in the relationships. However, a significant moderating effect was found in pnSQ when predicting PM anxiety. Conclusion: Findings supported our main hypotheses, implying significant associations between daily anxiety and sleep quality within individuals. It was also suggested that alexithymia displayed a moderating impact to a certain degree between anxiety and sleep quality. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | HKU Theses Online (HKUTO) | - |
dc.rights | The author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works. | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Sleep | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Anxiety | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Alexithymia | - |
dc.title | Daily associations between sleep quality and anxiety in university students : the moderating effect of alexithymia | - |
dc.type | PG_Thesis | - |
dc.description.thesisname | Master of Social Sciences | - |
dc.description.thesislevel | Master | - |
dc.description.thesisdiscipline | Clinical Psychology | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.date.hkucongregation | 2021 | - |
dc.identifier.mmsid | 991044469947203414 | - |