Open AccessLoneliness Is Associated with Sleep Fragmentation in a Communal Society
Author(s) -
Lianne M. Kurina,
Kristen L. Knutson,
Louise C. Hawkley,
John T. Cacioppo,
Diane S. Lauderdale,
Carole Ober
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.5665/sleep.1390
Subject(s) - loneliness , psychology , sleep (system call) , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , computer science , operating system
Loneliness has been shown to predict poor health. One hypothesized mechanism is that lonely individuals do not sleep as well as individuals who feel more connected to others. Our goal was to test whether loneliness is associated with sleep fragmentation or sleep duration.
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