Bidirectional Associations between Daily Symptoms of Perfectionism and Poor Sleep: The Mediating Role of Stress

Key Points

• The research aims to identify the connections between perfectionism, sleep disturbances, and the mediating effect of stress.
• Examined daily symptoms of perfectionism and sleep quality.
• Assessed how stress mediates the relationship between perfectionism and sleep.
• Used self-reported measures to evaluate perfectionism, sleep quality, and stress levels.
• Higher perfectionism scores correlate with disrupted sleep patterns.
• Disrupted sleep can also increase levels of perfectionism.
• Stress acts as a mediator between perfectionism and sleep disturbances.

Abstract