title: Cognitive and affective control in insomnia.
abstract: Insomnia is a prevalent disabling chronic disorder. The aim of this paper is fourfold: (a) to review evidence suggesting that dysfunctional forms of cognitive control, such as thought suppression, worry, rumination, and imagery control, are associated with sleep disturbance; (b) to review a new budding field of scientific investigation - the role of dysfunctional affect control in sleep disturbance, such as problems with down-regulating negative and positive affective states; (c) to review evidence that sleep disturbance can impair next-day affect control; and (d) to outline, on the basis of the reviewed evidence, how the repetitive-thought literature and the affective science literature can be combined to further understanding of, and intervention for, insomnia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Ralph E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Allison G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Harvey
authors.forename: Martial
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Van der Linden