Nightly sleep-wake concordance and daily marital interactions.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We and others have found that couples' sleep is a shared and dyadic process. Couples' sleep-wake concordance (whether couples are awake or asleep at the same time) is associated with couples' relationship factors; however, we know little of the temporal associations between concordance and daily relationship characteristics. The purpose of this study was to examine daily positive and negative interpersonal interactions to determine how they predict, and are predicted by, nightly sleep-wake concordance.

Method

Participants were 48 heterosexual couples between 18 and 45 years of age who shared a bed with their spouse. Couples completed questionnaires and daily assessments of positive and negative interactions. Each member of the dyad wore wrist actigraphs for 10 days

SUBMITTER: Gunn HE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8328191 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature