The Relationship between Sleep Bruxism with Coping with Stress, Anxiety and Alexithymia in Women

Objective: Stress is known as a major cause of sleep bruxism. This disorder is characterised by repeated contraction of the masticatory muscles and requires multidisciplinary treatment. The objective of this study is to determine the relationship between sleep bruxism and three elements, namely alex...

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Published in:Meandros medical and dental journal 2020-04, Vol.21 (1), p.73-79
Main Authors: Taşsöker, Melek, Özcan, Sevgi, Ak, Mehmet
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alcohol
Alexithymia
Anxiety
Coping
Dentistry
Drug abuse
Education
Electromyography
Emotions
Females
Headaches
Jaw
Likert scale
Marital status
Mastication
Mental disorders
Muscle contraction
Muscle pain
Sleep
Statistical analysis
Statistical significance
Statistics
Stress
Substance use
Teeth
Tıp
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Summary:Objective: Stress is known as a major cause of sleep bruxism. This disorder is characterised by repeated contraction of the masticatory muscles and requires multidisciplinary treatment. The objective of this study is to determine the relationship between sleep bruxism and three elements, namely alexithymia, coping with stress and anxiety on women. Materials and Methods: One hundred female participants were examined in the study. All respondents completed a stress coping questionnaire, State-trait Anxiety inventory (STAI) and Toronto-alexithymia-scale (TAS-20). A Mann-Whitney U test, Student’s t-test and chi-square tests were applied to analyse the data. Statistical significance was assumed for p
ISSN:2149-9063
2149-9063
DOI:10.4274/meandros.galenos.2020.26349