A recent study has revealed that sleep well and in a healthy way have a positive impact in the gratitudethe resilience and the well-being in adults. Improve and increases noticeably the positive aspects of the quality of life.
The findings, presented at the SLEEP 2024 annual meeting, indicate that subjective sleepiness and the mood disorders decrease when people go to bed earlierwhich extends sleep by an average of 46 minutes per night.
However, these problems get worse when they go to bed laterreducing nighttime sleep by an average of 37 minutes.
The measurements of prosperity, resilience and gratitude they improved considerably throughout the week with the increased sleep and they worsened significantly with their restriction.
Sleep and the positive aspects of life
“Surveys show that happiness has decreased in the United States in recent years and, during the same period, sleep problems have been common“says the main researcher Michael Scullindoctor in psychology and associate professor of psychology and neuroscience at Baylor University in Waco (United States).
“Although it is known that lack of sleep aggravates symptoms mental health, there were no experimental studies showing whether increasing sleep improved the positive aspects of life, such as feelings of purpose, hope and gratitude,” he adds.
They participated in the study 90 adults who were randomly assigned to to go to bed late or early, or to sleep normally for a week labor. Participants were monitored with actigraphy.
The main results were the changes in feelings of prosperity, resilience and gratitudeas well as the behavioral expressions of gratitude.
A minimum of 7 hours of sleep
The Negative effects from lack of sleep are well documented. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Sleep Research Society recommend that adults sleep regularly seven hours a night to promote a optimal health, productivity and alert status during the day.
Scullin observed that increase sleep experimentally improved these attributes positive, fundamental for well-being and prosocial behaviors.
“Increase slightly the hours of dream increased gratitudethe resilience and the feeling of thriving in life,” concludes Scullin.
