eprintid: 8436
rev_number: 9
eprint_status: archive
userid: 1
dir: disk0/00/00/84/36
datestamp: 2008-06-11 14:34:44
lastmod: 2014-08-18 21:59:57
status_changed: 2012-08-14 15:25:31
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Spoormaker, Victor I.
title: A cognitive model of recurrent nightmares
ispublished: pub
subjects: 150
divisions: 999999
keywords: Nightmares , Cognition , Theory , Script , PTSD
cterms_swd: Alptraum
cterms_swd: Traum
abstract: Nightmares are a prevalent mental disorder resulting in disturbed sleep, distress, and impairment in daily functioning. Elaborating on previous theoretical models for anxiety disorders, sleep disorders and dreaming, this study introduces a cognitive model of recurrent nightmares, the central element of which concerns representation of the nightmare’s repetitive storyline in the memory as a script. It is suggested that activation of this script during REM sleep results in a replay of the nightmare, and that activation occurs through perceived similarity between dream elements and the nightmare script. The model proposes a central role for cognitive processes in the persistence of nightmares over time. The success of cognitive-behavioural treatments is explained and clinical implications are discussed.
abstract_translated_lang: eng
date: 2008
date_type: published
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00008436
ppn_swb: 1352023296
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-opus-84368
language: eng
bibsort: SPOORMAKERACOGNITIVE2008
full_text_status: public
citation:   Spoormaker, Victor I.  (2008) A cognitive model of recurrent nightmares.         
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/8436/1/40_Spoormaker.pdf