Personality features ina sample of psychophysiological insomnia patients

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Luciane Bizari Coin De Carvalho²  Eliane Aversa Lopes¹  Luciana Silva¹  Marilaine Medeiros De Almeida¹  Tatiana Almeida E Silva¹  Afonso Carlos Neves²  Lucila Bizari Fernandes Do Prado²  Gilmar Fernandes Do Prado² 

[1] ,Center for Clinic and Science of Sleep Department of Neurology

关键词: psychophysiological insomnia;    cognitive behavioral therapy;    Rorschach test;    personality;    insônia psicofisiológica;    terapia comportamental cognitiva;    teste de Rorschach;    personalidade;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-282X2003000400011

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The personality is the way people express themselves inside the environment they live. Sleep, quality or quantity, is a way of this physical and psychological expression of well being. Psychological factors, associated with psychophysiological insomnia (PPI) suggest an exaggerated perception of the difficulties to fall asleep. Worries, anxiety and the fear of not sleeping produce a bad sleep quality or sleep misperception. This study aims to identify personality features associated with PPI throughout Rorschach test (RT). METHOD: We studied 32 patients with PPI (22 women), between 29 and 75 years old. We excluded patients with other sleeping or psychiatric disorders. We analysed the data from PPI patients submitted to the RT and we compared our results with the standard data. RESULTS: We noticed a significant increase in global answers and a significant decrease in detailed answers; a trend of a low number of answers; great number of shape and animal answers, especially for women. CONCLUSION: The features of the PPI patient's personality were daily problems insecure and the incapability to avoid or remove them from their thought, making bedtime a time for worries to appear again and motivate insomnia.

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