The occurrence and predictive factors of sleep paralysis in university students
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15260%2F16%3A33160331" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15260/16:33160331 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5115681/" target="_blank" >https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5115681/</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S115629" target="_blank" >10.2147/NDT.S115629</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The occurrence and predictive factors of sleep paralysis in university students
Original language description
The aim of the present study was to assess the occurrence and predictive factors of sleep paralysis (SP) in Czech university students. Our sample included 606 students who had experienced at least one episode of SP. The participants completed an online battery of questionnaires involving questionnaires focused on describing their sleep habits and SP episodes, the 18-item Boundary Questionnaire (BQ-18), the Modified Tellegen Absorption Scale (MODTAS), the Dissociative Experience Scale Taxon, the Beck Depression Inventory II and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. The strongest predictive factor for the frequency of SP episodes was nightmares. The strongest predictive factor for the intensity of fear was dream occurrences. In our study sample, SP was more common in women than in men. Those who scored higher in BQ-18 experienced more often pleasant episodes of SP and those who scored higher in MODTAS were more likely to experience SP accompanied with hallucinations. While 62% of respondents answered that their SP was accompanied by intense fear, 16% reported that they experienced pleasant feelings during SP episodes. We suggest that not only the known rapid eye movement sleep dysregulation but also some personality variables may contribute to the characteristics of SP.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AN - Psychology
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
ISSN
1176-6328
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
12
Issue of the periodical within the volume
istopad
Country of publishing house
NZ - NEW ZEALAND
Number of pages
6
Pages from-to
2957-2962
UT code for WoS article
000387818400003
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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