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Ford Insomnia Response to Stress Test

(FIRST)

Research Group
CBPI
Contacts Daniel Ruivo Marques

TITLE OF THE PORTUGUESE VERSION

Teste de Reatividade do Sono ao Stress de Ford

ORIGINAL VERSION

Drake, C., Richardson, G., Roehrs, T., Scofield, H., & Roth, T. (2004)

PORTUGUESE VERSION

Marques, D., Gomes, A., Drake, C., Roth, T., & Azevedo, M. H. (2016)

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The FIRST is a self-report scale constituted by 9 items designed to assess the tendency to exhibit pronounced sleep disturbance in response to a stress challenge, that is, the sleep-related ‘reactivity’. Greater scores denote higher vulnerability to stress-related sleep disturbance

REFERENCES

  • Drake, C., Richardson, G., Roehrs, T., Scofield, H., & Roth, T. (2004). Vulnerability to stress-related sleep disturbance and hyperarousal. Sleep, 27(2), 285-291.

  • Marques, D., Gomes, A., Drake, C., Roth, T., & Azevedo, M. H. (2016). Assessing stress-induced sleep reactivity in college students: The European Portuguese version of the Ford Insomnia Response to Stress Test (FIRST). Behavioral Sleep Medicine. doi:10.1080/15402002.2016.1210151.

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