Role Of Trauma Exposure, Emotion Regulation And Neuroticism On Sleep Quality Among Postgraduate Students.

ABSTRACT

The current study investigated the role of trauma exposure, emotion regulation, and

neuroticism on sleep quality among postgraduate students. Four hundred and four postgraduate

students (males=228, females=176) participated in the study. The students’ ages

ranged from 22 years to 51years, with a mean age of30.60 years (SD=6.84).Participants

completed the Harvard trauma Questionnaire (HTQ), Difficulties in Emotion Regulation

Scale (DERS), Neuroticism Subscale of Big Five Inventory (NSBFI), and Pittsburgh Sleep

Quality Index (PSQI). Multiple regression was used for data analysis.Result showed that

trauma exposure significantly predicted sleep quality (β = .12, P