Reported and recorded sleepiness in obesity and depression

Minkwitz, Juliane, Sander, Christian, Himmerich, Hubertus, Thormann, Julia, Chittka, Tobias, Hegerl, Ulrich, Schmidt, Frank, Murray, Monique, Albayrak-Aydemir, Nihan ORCID: 0000-0003-3412-4311, Campbell, Iain C. and Scheipl, Fabian (2020) Reported and recorded sleepiness in obesity and depression. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11. ISSN 1664-0640

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Abstract

Civil war, flight, escape and expulsion are extremely stressful and assert a negative impact on refugees’ mental health. However scientific research about resilience and coping of refugees is scarce. Especially in the recent refugee crisis, calls have been made to consider factors contributing to coping and resilience in this vulnerable population. Therefore, the current research sought to investigate individual differences that could serve as antecedents of coping and contextual factors that might moderate these effects. Specifically, it took into account individual’s self-regulatory differences in terms of regulatory focus (i.e., a promotion focus on nurturance needs, ideals and gains vs. a prevention focus on security needs, oughts and losses). It furthermore explored contextual influences by considering Syrian refugees in Turkey (Sample 1, N = 273) and Germany (Sample 2, N = 169). Compared to Syrian refugees in Turkey, those in Germany had a stronger promotion focus. They also reported more problem-focused and less maladaptive coping, as well as less symptoms. Both promotion and prevention focus were positively related to problem-focused coping. Problem-focused coping, in turn, predicted more symptoms in Turkey but not in Germany. Furthermore, a stronger promotion focus was associated with less symptoms and maladaptive coping was associated with more symptoms in both samples. These results contribute to the coping literature in demonstrating that under certain conditions problem-focused coping can be maladaptive and extend the scarce previous work on self-regulation and coping. Most importantly, they highlight a promotion focus as a clear resilience factor and the role of maladaptive coping in increasing vulnerability. As such, they might inform the design of effective interventions among Syrian refugees and beyond.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry
Additional Information:	© 2021 The Authors
Divisions:	Psychological and Behavioural Science
Subjects:	R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Date Deposited:	23 Aug 2021 18:06
Last Modified:	07 Apr 2024 17:54
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/111794

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