None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Previous research has shown that pre-sleep cognitive and emotional arousal increases adolescents' bedtime and sleep onset latency and decreases their total sleep time. We will test whether brief intervention can decrease pre-sleep cognitive and emotional arousal, therefore improving sleep. We hypothesis that the constructive worry and mindfulness body scan groups will lower pre-sleep arousal, and therefore improve sleep, over the no treatment group. Perfectionism may also play a role in how effective treatment is, with treatment being less effective at decreasing arousal for adolescents who score higher on a perfectionism scale, and more effective for those who score lower. Perfectionism will therefore be explored as a moderator (not an outcome measure).
Interventions
Constructive worry: 15 minutes per evening, between the hours of 6-8pm, of documenting worries/concerns, followed by ways to resolve these. Daily for two weeks.
Mindfulness body scan: 15 minutes of practicing a mindfulness body scan at normal bedtime, each day for two weeks.
Both groups will be given instructions immediately after completion of their baseline data, via the computer screen. The researcher will be present at the time, to answer any questions.
Adherence will be monitored by a t
Constructive worry: 15 minutes per evening, between the hours of 6-8pm, of documenting worries/concerns, followed by ways to resolve these. Daily for two weeks. Mindfulness body scan: 15 minutes of practicing a mindfulness body scan at normal bedtime, each day for two weeks. Both groups will be given instructions immediately after completion of their baseline data, via the computer screen. The researcher will be present at the time, to answer any questions. Adherence will be monitored by a twice-off self-report questionnaire.
Sponsors
Kate Bartel
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Primary purpose
Treatment
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
14 Years to 20 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Over 14 years of age, attending high school.
Exclusion criteria
Taking medication that interferes with sleep. Currently attending treatment for a sleep disorder or anxiety.
Outcome results
None listed