Search Results - "Gunn, Heather E."

Cellular aging and restorative processes: subjective sleep quality and duration moderate the association between age and telomere length in a sample of middle-aged and older adults by Cribbet, Matthew R, Carlisle, McKenzie, Cawthon, Richard M, Uchino, Bert N, Williams, Paula G, Smith, Timothy W, Gunn, Heather E, Light, Kathleen C

“…To examine whether subjective sleep quality and sleep duration moderate the association between age and telomere length (TL). Participants completed a…”
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Nightly sleep-wake concordance and daily marital interactions by Gunn, Heather E., Lee, Soomi, Eberhardt, Kenda R., Buxton, Orfeu M., Troxel, Wendy M.

“…We and others have found that couples’ sleep is a shared and dyadic process. Couples’ sleep-wake concordance (whether couples are awake or asleep at the same…”
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The role of sleep hygiene in promoting public health: A review of empirical evidence by Irish, Leah A, Kline, Christopher E, Gunn, Heather E, Buysse, Daniel J, Hall, Martica H

“…Summary The ineffectiveness of sleep hygiene as a treatment in clinical sleep medicine has raised some interesting questions. If it is known that,…”
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Yours, mine, or ours? Dyadic sleep hygiene and associations with sleep quality, emotional distress, and conflict frequency in mixed-gender, bed-sharing couples by Novak, Josh R, Miller, Kaleigh C, Gunn, Heather E, Troxel, Wendy M

“…Although prior research demonstrates the interdependence of sleep quality within couples (i.e., the sleep of one partner affects the sleep of the other),…”
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Socio-Ecological Context of Sleep: Gender Differences and Couples’ Relationships as Exemplars by Decker, Andrea N., Fischer, Alexandra R., Gunn, Heather E.

“…Purpose of Review We summarized recent findings on insufficient sleep and insomnia, two prominent sleep issues that impact public health. We demonstrate the…”
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Affiliative Parent−Adolescent Bedtime and Waketime Interactions are Associated with Adolescent Sleep by Ewing, Emily L., Xia, Mengya, Gunn, Heather E.

“…The current study examined whether evening and morning affiliation (i.e., warmth) and autonomy (i.e., more or less in charge) around sleep routines predicted…”
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Brief Behavioral Treatment of Insomnia by Gunn, Heather E., Tutek, Joshua, Buysse, Daniel J.

“…Cognitive behavioral treatment for insomnia (CBTI) is an effective treatment of insomnia; however, there are insufficient CBTI providers for the 10% to 25% of…”
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Sleep Concordance in Couples is Associated with Relationship Characteristics by Gunn, Heather E, Buysse, Daniel J, Hasler, Brant P, Begley, Amy, Troxel, Wendy M

“…Coregulation of biological systems is a defining feature of normative attachment in close adult relationships. Sleep is a shared, intimate biological process…”
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Relationships and CPAP adherence among women with obstructive sleep apnea by Baron, Kelly Glazer, Gunn, Heather E., Wolfe, Lisa F., Zee, Phyllis C.

“…Background Obstructive sleep apnea contributes to daytime sleepiness, poor quality of life and increased risk for heart disease and hypertension among women…”
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Affiliative interpersonal behaviors during stress are associated with sleep quality and presleep arousal in young, healthy adults by Gunn, Heather E., PhD, Critchfield, Kenneth L., PhD, Mackaronis, Julia E., PhD, Rau, Holly K., PhD, Cribbet, Matthew R., PhD, Troxel, Wendy M., PhD, Williams, Paula G., PhD

“…Abstract Objectives This study examined the association between stress-related interpersonal behaviors, presleep arousal (PSA), and sleep quality. Methods…”
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Worry and Rumination Have Distinct Associations with Nighttime versus Daytime Sleep Symptomology by Tutek, Joshua, Gunn, Heather E., Lichstein, Kenneth L.

“…Objective: To assess whether worry and rumination differ in predicting nighttime sleep disturbance versus daytime sleep-related impairment, as assessed using…”
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An Interpersonal and Meta-analytic Approach to Parenting Behaviors and Adolescent Sleep by Ewing, Emily L, Mackaronis, Julia E, Poole, Elaine M, Critchfield, Kenneth L, Gunn, Heather E

“…Two dimensions of parenting behaviors-affiliative/non-affiliative and autonomy/control- are each consistently linked to adolescent sleep health. Parenting…”
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Family Dynamics in Sleep Health and Hypertension by Gunn, Heather E., Eberhardt, Kenda R.

“…Purpose of Review Present a conceptual model and review the recent literature on family dynamics, sleep, and hypertension. Recent Findings Family dynamics…”
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Appraisals of insomnia identity in a clinical sample by Emert, Sarah E., Gunn, Heather E., Molzof, Hylton E., Dietch, Jessica R., Lichstein, Kenneth L.

“…Insomnia identity, the conviction that one has insomnia, occurs independently of sleep quality or quantity, and is associated with numerous negative health…”
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Interpersonal distress is associated with sleep and arousal in insomnia and good sleepers by Gunn, Heather E, Troxel, Wendy M, Hall, Martica H, Buysse, Daniel J

“…Abstract Objective The interpersonal environment is strongly linked to sleep. However, little is known about interpersonal distress and its association with…”
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Age Trends in Actigraphy and Self-Report Sleep Across the Life Span: Findings From the Pittsburgh Lifespan Sleep Databank by Wallace, Meredith L., Kissel, Nicholas, Hall, Martica H., Germain, Anne, Matthews, Karen A., Troxel, Wendy M., Franzen, Peter L., Buysse, Daniel J., Reynolds, Charles, Roecklein, Kathryn A., Gunn, Heather E., Hasler, Brant P., Goldstein, Tina R., McMakin, Dana L., Szigethy, Eva, Soehner, Adriane M.

“…Sleep changes over the human life span, and it does so across multiple dimensions. We used individual-level cross-sectional data to characterize age trends and…”
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Social-ecological considerations for the sleep health of rural mothers by Fischer, Alexandra R., Green, Sha-Rhonda M., Gunn, Heather E.

“…Using a social-ecological framework, we identify social determinants that interact to influence sleep health, identify gaps in the literature, and make…”
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Development of the Couples' Sleep Conflict Scale: A new tool to assess conflict around sleep in romantic relationships by Novak, Josh R., Miller, Kaleigh, Gunn, Heather E., Troxel, Wendy M.

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Couples' Sleep Conflict Scale, a new measure designed to identify the extent of…”
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Sleep–Wake Concordance in Couples Is Inversely Associated With Cardiovascular Disease Risk Markers by Gunn, Heather E., Buysse, Daniel J., Matthews, Karen A., Kline, Christopher E., Cribbet, Matthew R., Troxel, Wendy M.

“…Abstract Aim: To determine whether interdependence in couples’ sleep (sleep–wake concordance i.e., whether couples are awake or asleep at the same time…”
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Maternal Sleep Health, Social Support, and Distress: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Mothers of Infants and Young Children in Rural US by Fischer, Alexandra R., Doudell, Kelly R., Cundiff, Jenny M., Green, Sha-Rhonda M., Lavender, Catherine A., Gunn, Heather E.

“…The purpose of this study was to explore sleep health in rural maternal populations through a social-ecological framework and identify risk and protective…”
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