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| Wendy M TroxelSummaryAffiliation: University of Pittsburgh Country: USA Publications
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Clinical management of insomnia with brief behavioral treatment (BBTI)Wendy M Troxel
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Behav Sleep Med 10:266-79. 2012....
Insecure attachment is an independent correlate of objective sleep disturbances in military veteransWendy M Troxel
University of Pittsburgh, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Sleep Med 12:860-5. 2011..This study examines the association between interpersonal attachment styles and sleep in a high-risk cohort of military veterans with PTSD symptoms...
Insomnia and objectively measured sleep disturbances predict treatment outcome in depressed patients treated with psychotherapy or psychotherapy-pharmacotherapy combinationsWendy M Troxel
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 73:478-85. 2012..The present study is a secondary analysis that examines the degree to which insomnia, objective sleep disturbances, or their combination predicts depression remission following pharmacotherapy and/or psychotherapy treatment...
Marital/cohabitation status and history in relation to sleep in midlife womenWendy M Troxel
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 3811 O Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Sleep 33:973-81. 2010..To examine whether current and/or history of marital/cohabitation status are associated with sleep, independent of demographic and general health risk factors...
It's more than sex: exploring the dyadic nature of sleep and implications for healthWendy M Troxel
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, 3811 O Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Psychosom Med 72:578-86. 2010..Exploring the links between close relationships and sleep may contribute to our understanding of why some relationships confer health benefits, whereas others confer health risks...
Sleep symptoms predict the development of the metabolic syndromeWendy M Troxel
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Sleep 33:1633-40. 2010..This is the first prospective study to report the association between commonly reported sleep symptoms and the development of the metabolic syndrome, a key CVD risk factor...
Marital happiness and sleep disturbances in a multi-ethnic sample of middle-aged womenWendy M Troxel
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh
Behav Sleep Med 7:2-19. 2009..After controlling for relevant covariates, maritally happy women reported fewer sleep disturbances, with the association evident among Caucasian women and to a lesser extent among African American women...
Social integration, social contacts, and blood pressure dipping in African-Americans and whitesWendy M Troxel
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Hypertens 28:265-71. 2010..However, scant research has examined whether social relationships influence key nocturnal pathways, such as nocturnal BP dipping...
Marital quality and the marital bed: examining the covariation between relationship quality and sleepWendy M Troxel
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 3811 O Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Sleep Med Rev 11:389-404. 2007....
Does social support differentially affect sleep in older adults with versus without insomnia?Wendy M Troxel
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Psychosom Res 69:459-66. 2010..We examined social support as a potential protective factor for sleep among older adults (60 years and older) with insomnia (n=79) and age- and sex-matched controls without insomnia (n=40)...
Attachment anxiety, relationship context, and sleep in women with recurrent major depressionWendy M Troxel
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Psychosom Med 69:692-9. 2007..To examine the relationship between attachment anxiety, marital status, bed-partner status, and sleep in recurrently depressed women...
Couples' nighttime sleep efficiency and concordance: evidence for bidirectional associations with daytime relationship functioningBrant P Hasler
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Psychosom Med 72:794-801. 2010..Emerging evidence suggests the existence of bidirectional links between sleep and relational processes in dyads, but to date, this research has been primarily cross sectional...
A quantitative approach to distinguishing older adults with insomnia from good sleeper controlsJessica C Levenson
Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
J Clin Sleep Med 9:125-31. 2013..The purpose of this study was to identify the optimal quantitative thresholds for actigraphy and sleep diary that differentiate older adults (> 60 years) with insomnia from good sleeper controls...
Marital quality and occurrence of the metabolic syndrome in womenWendy M Troxel
Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Arch Intern Med 165:1022-7. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: Women in high-quality marriages are at lower risk of developing the metabolic syndrome. Social histories of patients should include assessment of marital quality...
What are the costs of marital conflict and dissolution to children's physical health?Wendy M Troxel
Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev 7:29-57. 2004..In the final section, we address limitations in the current literature and identify research that is needed to better evaluate the association between marital conflict and dissolution and children's physical health...
Chronic stress burden, discrimination, and subclinical carotid artery disease in African American and Caucasian womenWendy M Troxel
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Health Psychol 22:300-9. 2003..The results suggest that African Americans may be particularly vulnerable to the burden of chronic stress...
