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Individuals with high scores on the Ford Insomnia Response to Stress Test (FIRST) exhibit significantly lower sleep efficiency and increased sleep latency during a first night in the laboratory compared to those with low scores, indicating a trait vulnerability to stress-related sleep disturbance.

If you find that stressful events consistently ruin your sleep, you may have a physiological trait called 'stress-related vulnerability.' This isn't a character flaw; it's a predisposition. Understanding this can help you manage expectations and seek targeted interventions (like stress management techniques) rather than just blaming yourself for poor sleep hygiene.

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Individuals with higher scores on this scale, the Ford Insomnia Response to Stress Test (FIRST; median split), had a lower sleep efficiency (P = .001), as well as an increased latency to stage 1 sleep (P = .001) and persistent sleep (P = .002) on the first night of nocturnal polysomnography.
Christopher L. Drake et al. · SLEEP · 2004

Why this rating

Randomized population-based sample with polysomnographic verification, though it is a cross-sectional observation of a 'first night' effect rather than a long-term intervention.

Source

Vulnerability to Stress-related Sleep Disturbance and Hyperarousal

Christopher L. Drake et al. · SLEEP · 2004

cross_sectional · n=104Cited 464×
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