title: The role of dysfunctional beliefs and attitudes in late-life insomnia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examined the role of individual and combined sleep-related dysfunctional beliefs in late-life insomnia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Older adults who responded to an advertisement in a magazine took part in a cross-sectional survey (N=382). Respondents completed self-report measures of dysfunctional beliefs about sleep (Dysfunctional Beliefs and Attitudes to Sleep Scale) as well as measures of their current sleep patterns.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall, people with insomnia (PWI) endorsed more extreme ratings of dysfunctional beliefs than "good sleepers" did. However, some sleep-related dysfunctional beliefs did not discriminate PWIs from good sleepers nor were they related to experiencing a longer duration of insomnia.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This article demonstrates that not all sleep-related dysfunctional beliefs are related to reporting insomnia and that some are not related to a longer reported duration of insomnia, possibly changing through personal experience. These preliminary results may have implications for tailoring the cognitive aspects of psychoeducational programmes for people with late-life insomnia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom. j.ellis@surrey.ac.uk
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.forename: Sarah E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Hampson
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cropley
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003469:Culture; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012016:Reference Values; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires