Trait positive affect buffers the association between experimental sleep disruption and inflammation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sleep disturbances and insufficient sleep are highly prevalent. Both clinical sleep disorders and multiple forms of experimental sleep loss predict heightened inflammation. As such, it is necessary to investigate potential protective factors. Given that trait positive affect (PA) is associated with reduced inflammation, and buffers the proinflammatory effects of stress, it is possible that high trait positive affect might protect individuals from an inflammatory response to sleep disruption. The present study tested this hypothesis in an experimental sleep disruption paradigm with assessment of cellular inflammation.

Methods

Data were drawn from good sleeping adults (n = 79) who participated in a randomized, within-subjects crossover experiment comparing the effec

SUBMITTER: Hunt CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8314429 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature