APS
2025 APS Annual Convention · 2025
Testing a Potential Bidirectional Relationship between Perseverative Thought and Sleep
- Brittany Alberts
University of Pittsburgh - Blendermann Mary
- Paige DeGennaro
- Jennifer Silk
University of Pittsburgh - Peter Gianaros
University of Pittsburgh - Lauren Hallion
University of Pittsburgh
Abstract
We tested predictions of a bidirectional relationship between sleep and perseverative thought (PT) using ecological momentary assessment in 155 community adults oversampled for high PT. Lower-than-average sleep quality predicted more severe PT the next day, but not vice versa, suggestive of a prospective but potentially unidirectional relationship.
Psychopathology