Contributing factors predicting nightmares in children: Trauma, anxiety, dissociation, and emotion regulation.

Secrist, Marie E; Dalenberg, Constance J.; Gevirtz, Richard

doi:10.1037/tra0000387

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“…These findings suggested the robustness of a combined measure of nightmare distress and frequency in that most of the nightmare-related variance had been accounted for prior to entering NExS scores into the regression equations. Consistent with Secrist et al (2019), these findings suggested that perhaps frequent distressing nightmares were a more severe form of the nightmare experience (i.e., more related to trauma and general distress). In measurement terms, it is also possible that, if they often naturally occur together, artificially attempting to separate frequent nightmares from their co-occurring distress diminishes their predictive power; they are a more powerful predictor when examined together.…”

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“…Combined measurement of frequency and distress would also reflect consistently observed shared variance and modulation between nightmare distress and frequency (Blagrove et al, 2004; Miró & Martínez, 2005; Schredl, 2003). Finally, findings by Secrist, Dalenberg, and Gevirtz (2019) suggest that individuals categorized in a group with both high nightmare frequency and nightmare distress have more negative mental health outcomes than comparison groups. These findings, combined, suggest that frequent distressing nightmares perhaps tap a single construct and represent a severe, clinically relevant form of nightmares.…”

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A brief self-report measure for frequent distressing nightmares: The Nightmare Experience Scale (NExS).

Kelly

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2019

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Both nightmare frequency and nightmare distress have been described as cardinal features of the nightmare experience. However, most previous research has either neglected nightmare distress or measured it separately from nightmare frequency. Based on current nosology of nightmare disorder and recent research findings, the current work conceptualizes the two as representing a single construct, frequent distressing nightmares. Four studies are presented involving a total of 819 university students aimed at the development and examination of a brief scale, the Nightmare Experience Scale (NExS), for measuring frequent distressing nightmares. The NExS demonstrated good internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Validity was supported through a unidimensional factor structure and strong correlations with existing measures of nightmare frequency, nightmare distress, and nightmare intensity, as well as moderate correlations with dream recall frequency, general psychological distress, neuroticism, and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms. The NExS demonstrated incremental predictive validity of general distress and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms over and above individual measures of nightmare distress, frequency, and intensity. Moreover, it was able to discriminate individuals who met criteria for nightmare disorder and controls. The results and suggestions for future research are discussed.

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A brief self-report measure for frequent distressing nightmares: The Nightmare Experience Scale (NExS).

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Mathe

2019

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“…On the other hand, it is also possible that psychosocial adjustment problems and related perceived stress may have an impact on the frequency of DDs ( 27 , 124 , 125 ). In this case, DDs would reflect issues and concerns experienced during wakefulness.…”

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Disturbing Dreams and Psychosocial Maladjustment in Children: A Prospective Study of the Moderating Role of Early Negative Emotionality

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Although frequent disturbing dreams, including bad dreams and nightmares, have been repeatedly associated with poor psychological well-being in adults, considerably less information exists on their psychosocial correlates in children. Recent empirical and theoretical contributions suggest that the association between disturbing dream frequency and psychosocial adaptation in children may differ as a function of children's negative emotionality. The current study assessed the moderating effect of very early negative emotionality (17 months of age) in the relation between disturbing dream frequency and psychosocial maladjustment (i.e., externalizing + internalizing behaviors) in a sample of 173 11-year-old children. Mixed-model analyses revealed that disturbing dream frequency was associated with some internalizing behaviors but that the association between disturbing dream frequency and most externalizing behaviors was moderated by early negative emotionality. The latter result indicates that the relation between disturbing dream frequency and externalizing behaviors was significant in 11-year-old children showing moderate negative emotionality early in life, but particularly strong in those children with high early negative emotionality. Whereas, a moderating effect of early negative emotionality was not found between disturbing dream frequency and internalizing behaviors, the findings highlight the more specific role of early emotional negativity as a developmental moderator for the link between disturbing dreams and externalizing behaviors in children. The results are discussed in light of recent models of disturbed dreaming production.

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“…It is crucial to understand the complex way that a child's mind responds to acute and persistent calamities, by interacting with developmental factors and personality traits. This can manifest itself in various positive and negative phenomena such as creative acts or nightmares ( Mastnak, 2020 ; Secrist et al, 2019 ). Children with severe visual impairment need on-going and comprehensive support in their development from psychologists, vision rehabilitators, speech therapists, therapists of neuro and psychomotility and other experts in the treatment of their respective specific disorders ( Fazzi et al, 2010 ; Mercuriali et al, 2016 ).…”

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Distance support and online intervention to blind and visually impaired children during the pandemic COVID-19

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Zanardo³

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Research in Developmental Disabilities

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Contributing factors predicting nightmares in children: Trauma, anxiety, dissociation, and emotion regulation.

Cited by 19 publications

References 52 publications

A brief self-report measure for frequent distressing nightmares: The Nightmare Experience Scale (NExS).

A brief self-report measure for frequent distressing nightmares: The Nightmare Experience Scale (NExS).

Disturbing Dreams and Psychosocial Maladjustment in Children: A Prospective Study of the Moderating Role of Early Negative Emotionality

Distance support and online intervention to blind and visually impaired children during the pandemic COVID-19

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