Background: Infatuation and lovesickness are widespread and significant experiences in adolescence. Less is known about the connection between infatuation/lovesickness and sleep. The few studies, examining the link be...Background: Infatuation and lovesickness are widespread and significant experiences in adolescence. Less is known about the connection between infatuation/lovesickness and sleep. The few studies, examining the link between infatuation and sleep quality show inconsistent results. The link between lovesickness and sleep as well as the link between infatuation/lovesickness and dreams has not been investigated yet. The aim of this study was to examine whether infatuation and lovesickness are linked to sleep quality and dreams in adolescents. Methods: A self-assessment online questionnaire was constructed to assess adolescents’ infatuation, lovesickness, sleep quality and dreams. In total, data of 630 adolescents and young adults (150 males, 480 females;aged 16 - 21) were analyzed in this study. Results: Infatuation did not relate to overall sleep quality and dreams. Sleep disturbances, as a component of overall sleep quality, were more frequent in infatuated adolescents. Adolescents currently suffering from lovesickness reported a significantly lower sleep quality, more negative dreams and nightmares. Furthermore, nightmares influenced them more strongly the next day. Conclusions: The associations between infatuation/lovesickness and sleep provide evidence for the far reaching effects of infatuation and lovesickness in adolescents’ lives. The fact that lovesickness leads to lower sleep quality and more negative dreams should be integrated in new approaches of insomnia treatment.展开更多
In Asian American writer Lisa See＇s novel Peony in Love （2007）, the love-sick maiden Peony commits anorexiawhich finally leads to her annihilation. Anorexia, as well as foot bonding, both of which are distortions o...In Asian American writer Lisa See＇s novel Peony in Love （2007）, the love-sick maiden Peony commits anorexiawhich finally leads to her annihilation. Anorexia, as well as foot bonding, both of which are distortions of femalebody, convey various metaphors. The novel repeatedly presents the inability to eat or eating monotonous meals assymptoms of the nervous breakdown. Through a series of feminist psychological analysis, this paper is designed tofigure out these metaphors of anorexia within the text in the following three dimensions： anorexia as imitation of art,anorexia as failure in mother-daughter relationship and the anorexic female body as a language. After explanationsof the metaphorical meaning of anorexia, this paper aims to analyze Peony＇s starved-for-love self, and draw aconclusion about lovesickness during the whole process of Peony＇s maturation.展开更多
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文摘Background: Infatuation and lovesickness are widespread and significant experiences in adolescence. Less is known about the connection between infatuation/lovesickness and sleep. The few studies, examining the link between infatuation and sleep quality show inconsistent results. The link between lovesickness and sleep as well as the link between infatuation/lovesickness and dreams has not been investigated yet. The aim of this study was to examine whether infatuation and lovesickness are linked to sleep quality and dreams in adolescents. Methods: A self-assessment online questionnaire was constructed to assess adolescents’ infatuation, lovesickness, sleep quality and dreams. In total, data of 630 adolescents and young adults (150 males, 480 females;aged 16 - 21) were analyzed in this study. Results: Infatuation did not relate to overall sleep quality and dreams. Sleep disturbances, as a component of overall sleep quality, were more frequent in infatuated adolescents. Adolescents currently suffering from lovesickness reported a significantly lower sleep quality, more negative dreams and nightmares. Furthermore, nightmares influenced them more strongly the next day. Conclusions: The associations between infatuation/lovesickness and sleep provide evidence for the far reaching effects of infatuation and lovesickness in adolescents’ lives. The fact that lovesickness leads to lower sleep quality and more negative dreams should be integrated in new approaches of insomnia treatment.
文摘In Asian American writer Lisa See＇s novel Peony in Love （2007）, the love-sick maiden Peony commits anorexiawhich finally leads to her annihilation. Anorexia, as well as foot bonding, both of which are distortions of femalebody, convey various metaphors. The novel repeatedly presents the inability to eat or eating monotonous meals assymptoms of the nervous breakdown. Through a series of feminist psychological analysis, this paper is designed tofigure out these metaphors of anorexia within the text in the following three dimensions： anorexia as imitation of art,anorexia as failure in mother-daughter relationship and the anorexic female body as a language. After explanationsof the metaphorical meaning of anorexia, this paper aims to analyze Peony＇s starved-for-love self, and draw aconclusion about lovesickness during the whole process of Peony＇s maturation.
