PMID- 18436428
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20090112
LR  - 20220311
IS  - 0887-6185 (Print)
IS  - 0887-6185 (Linking)
VI  - 22
IP  - 8
DP  - 2008 Dec
TI  - Prevalence and correlates of sleep paralysis in adults reporting childhood sexual 
      abuse.
PG  - 1535-41
LID - 10.1016/j.janxdis.2008.03.007 [doi]
AB  - Sleep paralysis (SP) occurs when rapid eye movement (REM) activity and 
      concomitant paralysis of the skeletal muscles persist as an individual awakens 
      and becomes conscious of his/her surroundings. SP is often accompanied by 
      frightening hallucinations that some researchers suggest may be confounded with 
      memories of childhood sexual abuse (CSA; [McNally, R. J., & Clancy, S. A. (2005). 
      Sleep paralysis in adults reporting repressed, recovered, or continuous memories 
      of childhood sexual abuse. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 19, 595-602]). The 
      purpose of this study was to evaluate relationships between CSA and SP. Based on 
      self-report, participants (n=263) were categorized into three CSA groups: 
      confirmed, unconfirmed, or no history of CSA. Relative to participants reporting 
      no CSA history, those reporting CSA reported more frequent and more distressing 
      episodes of SP. Post hoc analyses revealed that participants with clinically 
      significant post-traumatic symptoms (irrespective of CSA history) also reported 
      more frequent and more distressing episodes of SP. Significant correlations were 
      found among SP indices and measures of post-traumatic symptoms, depression, 
      dissociation, and absorption. Implications and future research directions are 
      discussed.
FAU - Abrams, Murray P
AU  - Abrams MP
AD  - University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
FAU - Mulligan, Ashlee D
AU  - Mulligan AD
FAU - Carleton, R Nicholas
AU  - Carleton RN
FAU - Asmundson, Gordon J G
AU  - Asmundson GJ
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20080313
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - J Anxiety Disord
JT  - Journal of anxiety disorders
JID - 8710131
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Canada/epidemiology
MH  - Chi-Square Distribution
MH  - Child
MH  - Child Abuse, Sexual/psychology/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Control Groups
MH  - Emotions
MH  - Female
MH  - Hallucinations/epidemiology/psychology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Life Change Events
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Models, Psychological
MH  - Personality Inventory/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Psychometrics
MH  - Sleep Paralysis/diagnosis/*epidemiology/psychology
MH  - Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/diagnosis/epidemiology/psychology
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Survivors/psychology/statistics & numerical data
EDAT- 2008/04/26 09:00
MHDA- 2009/01/13 09:00
CRDT- 2008/04/26 09:00
PHST- 2007/10/18 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2008/03/03 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2008/03/05 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2008/04/26 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2009/01/13 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/04/26 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0887-6185(08)00070-4 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.janxdis.2008.03.007 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Anxiety Disord. 2008 Dec;22(8):1535-41. doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2008.03.007. 
      Epub 2008 Mar 13.