Affect variability and sleep: Emotional ups and downs are related to a poorer night's rest.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Many studies have documented the strong associations between well-being and mean levels of both positive and negative affect. A growing number of studies are examining how fluctuations in daily reported emotional experience, known as affect variability, is related to health outcomes. Sleep is a critical correlate of healthy in functioning in late life. This study examines associations between positive and negative affect variability and facets of self-reported sleep behavior among older adults.

Methods

Participants (N = 277) completed a 5 to 6 day ecological momentary assessment. The first survey upon waking asked participants about their sleep the previous night, and participants rated their positive and negative affect every three subsequent hours during waking

SUBMITTER: Leger KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8757044 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature