Purpose in life and incidence of sleep disturbances

ES Kim, SD Hershner, VJ Strecher - Journal of behavioral medicine, 2015 - Springer
Purpose in life has been linked with better mental health, physical health, and health
behaviors, but the association between purpose and sleep is understudied. Sleep …

Is purpose in life associated with less sleep disturbance in older adults?

AD Turner, CE Smith, JC Ong - Sleep Science and Practice, 2017 - Springer
Background Previous work has shown that purpose in life can be protective against
numerous negative health outcomes including sleep disturbances. Given that sleep …

Sense of purpose in life and five health behaviors in older adults

ES Kim, K Shiba, JK Boehm, LD Kubzansky - Preventive medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Accumulating evidence shows that a higher sense of purpose in life is associated with lower
risk of chronic conditions and premature mortality. Health behaviors might partially explain …

Sense of purpose moderates the associations between daily stressors and daily well-being

PL Hill, NL Sin, NA Turiano, AL Burrow… - Annals of Behavioral …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Having a sense of purpose in life has been consistently demonstrated as a
predictor of positive health outcomes, including less perceived stress, yet, little is known …

Do we really want more sleep? A population-based study evaluating the strength of desire for more sleep

C Anderson, JA Horne - Sleep medicine, 2008 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The sleep literature increasingly points to an apparent chronic sleep debt in the
general population. We investigated this by examining perceived shortfalls in daily sleep …

Purpose in life as a predictor of mortality across adulthood

PL Hill, NA Turiano - Psychological science, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Having a purpose in life has been cited consistently as an indicator of healthy aging for
several reasons, including its potential for reducing mortality risk. In the current study, we …

“… Not just a minor thing, it is something major, which stops you from functioning daily”: quality of life and daytime functioning in insomnia

SD Kyle, CA Espie, K Morgan - Behavioral sleep medicine, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
According to diagnostic manuals, insomnia is a 24-hr disorder, impairing important aspects
of daytime functioning. There is, however, little published work describing the impact of …

Poor sleepers who do not complain of insomnia: Myths and realities about psychological and lifestyle characteristics of older good and poor sleepers

CS Fichten, L Creti, R Amsel, W Brender… - Journal of Behavioral …, 1995 - Springer
Psychological adjustment, lifestyle, and sleep parameters were investigated in 634 older
community residents. Participants were divided into three categories: good sleepers, poor …

[HTML][HTML] What makes life purposeful? Identifying the antecedents of a sense of purpose in life using a lagged exposure-wide approach

JS Nakamura, Y Chen, TJ VanderWeele, ES Kim - SSM-Population Health, 2022 - Elsevier
Aims Prior research documents strong associations between an increased sense of purpose
in life and improved health and well-being outcomes. However, less is known about …

Maintaining sense of purpose in midlife predicts better physical health

EC Willroth, DK Mroczek, PL Hill - Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective Having a sense of purpose in life is fundamental to psychological and physical
well-being. Despite the benefits of purpose, it may be difficult to hold onto purpose as people …