The Subjective Meaning of Sleep Quality: A Comparison of Individuals with and without Insomnia
Author(s) -
Allison G. Harvey,
Kathleen Stinson,
Katriina L. Whitaker,
Damian J. Moskovitz,
Harvinder Virk
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.1093/sleep/31.3.383
Subject(s) - insomnia , sleep quality , sleep (system call) , meaning (existential) , psychology , clinical psychology , quality (philosophy) , psychiatry , psychotherapist , computer science , operating system , philosophy , epistemology
"Sleep quality" is poorly defined yet ubiquitously used by researchers, clinicians and patients. While poor sleep quality is a key feature of insomnia, there are few empirical investigations of sleep quality in insomnia patients. Accordingly, our aim was to investigate the subjective meaning of sleep quality among individuals with insomnia and normal sleepers.
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