ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2020
The Mediating Effect of Alexithymia on the Relationship Between Schizotypal Traits and Sleep Problems Among College Students.
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- Alexithymia in Schizophrenia and Psychosis Vulnerability: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Association of insomnia with suicide attempts in Chinese chronic schizophrenia patients with and without autistic symptoms.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Insomnia and Alexithymia in Chinese Adolescents with Major Depressive Disorder: A Cross-Sectional Study of Sex Differences and Associations.Psychology research and behavior management · 2024Article
- Alexithymia is associated with insomnia in Chinese patients with schizophrenia.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Nutrition, Sleep, and Exercise as Healthy Behaviors in Schizotypy: A Scoping Review.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Do alexithymia and negative affect predict poor sleep quality? The moderating role of interoceptive sensibility.PloS one · 2022Article
- High Schizotypy Predicts Emotion Recognition Independently of Negative Affect.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
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Abstract
A body of research has investigated the relationship between alexithymia and sleep problems, as well as the relationship between schizophrenia and alexithymia. However, there have been few studies on the relationships between the three. The current study explored the relationship between schizotypal traits and sleep problems among college students, and the potential role of alexithymia as a mediator of this relationship. The participants were all first-year students at a medical university in Guangdong province, China. A total of 2,626 college students participated. They were asked to complete a questionnaire that incorporated the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (SPQ), the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), and the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI). The results revealed a relatively high percentage of students with mild insomnia (74.8%) and a smaller percentage with moderate to severe insomnia (7.9%). Correlation analysis revealed that both the TAS-20 and ISI scores had significant positive correlations with the SPQ score (
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