Abstract
<p>Noctcaelador, defined as psychological attachment with the night sky, has previously been associated with scores on aggregated worry content and worry related sleep disturbance (WRSD). However, specifics and mechanisms of these relationships are unclear. The present study examined whether these relationships reflect generalized pathological worry or more differentiated associations. Undergraduate students (N = 130) completed measures of pathological worry, worry content domains, WRSD, and noctcaelador. Noctcaelador was positively correlated with world-environmental worry content and WRSD but not with pathological worry or other worry domains. Findings suggest that noctcaelador is selectively associated with an outwardly directed worry focus and cognitive appraisal of WRSD rather than generalized worry severity. Implications for models of psychological structure and nocturnal cognitive engagement are discussed.</p>