Bidirectional Associations Between Loneliness, Emotional Support, and Sleep in Daily Life.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Evidence suggests a link between positive social relationship perceptions and improved sleep (e.g., quality, efficiency) across the life span. Less work has probed the directionality of these relationships. Here, we report findings from the first study to examine bidirectional between- and within-person associations between loneliness and emotional support with daily life measures of sleep.

Methods

Participants were 389 healthy adults aged 40 to 64 years (61% female) who completed hourly surveys assessing loneliness and perceptions of emotional support over the course of 4 days. Measures of actigraphy-assessed sleep and nightly sleep quality were also assessed for 7 to 10 days.

Results

Individuals with lower average daily loneliness showed higher sleep quali

SUBMITTER: Dickman KD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11090452 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature