PSYC 1100 Week 6 Discussion

PSYC 1100 Week 6 Discussion  | Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Peer Learning Discussion Week 6

Insomnia (adapted from Malley-Morrison & Yap, 2001)

College students often complain about sleep loss and insomnia due to their workload and the stress of school. Of particular relevance for students is a study by Mimeault and Morin (1999), which evaluated what they called a “bibliotherapy” approach to insomnia. Specifically, they reported on a study indicating that a self-help approach to insomnia, which included reading about sleep problems and utilizing a cognitive behavioural approach to overcoming such problems, could reduce difficulties in sleeping. The 58 participants in this study were (a) 18 years of age or older, (b) took more than 30 minutes to fall asleep, or woke up and stayed awake for more than 30 minutes at least three nights per week, (c) had experienced these sleeping problems for at least one month, and (d) complained of at least one negative daytime effect from having trouble sleeping (e.g., fatigue, impaired functioning, or mood disturbances). These 58 respondents were randomly assigned to one of three groups—a bibliotherapy group that was given reading materials about how to sleep, a bibliotherapy plus phone call group which received the same reading materials plus a weekly phone call to discuss the materials, and a wait list (control) group. All participants completed a sleep diary each morning when they awoke. This sleep diary included the following information: daytime nap, use of sleep aids, bedtime, sleep-onset latency, frequency of nocturnal awakenings, duration of awakenings, wake-up time, arising time, feeling on arising (measured on a 5-point scale), and sleep quality (measured on a 5-point scale). The two bibliotherapy groups received six booklets (about 15 pages each), each covering a specific component of the cognitive-behavioural treatment of insomnia, adapted from a self-help book entitled Relief from Insomnia (Morin, 1996). 

My Sleep Diary (adapted from Malley-Morrison & Yap, 2001)

Open Handout 6-A posted under this week 6 module and record your sleep experience for a week. After you have filled it out, use these records to discuss sleep quality of college students and strategies for improving quality of sleep as learned in the chapter.

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Sleep Disorders (adapted from Malley-Morrison & Yap, 2001)

Read the brief case descriptions of sleep disorders on Handout 6-D posted under this week 6 module and answer the diagnostic questions proposed with rationales supporting your answers. 

Post your initial response by Friday at 11.59 pm; post responses to at least two of your peers by Sunday at 11:59 pm (in your time zone).