Sleep continuity, stability and organization in good and bad sleepers

Bibliographic Data

ID4810751
AuthorsFrancesca Conte (0000-0002-5429-5831, Department of Psychology, University of Campania ‘L. Vanvitelli’, Italy), Mariangela Cerasuolo (0000-0002-4178-4695, Department of Psychology, University of Campania ‘L. Vanvitelli’, Italy), Giuseppina Fusco (Department of Psychology, University of Campania ‘L. Vanvitelli’, Italy), Fiorenza Giganti (0000-0002-9362-5258, NEUROFARBA, University of Firenze, Italy), Iginio Inserra (Department of Psychology, University of Campania ‘L. Vanvitelli’, Italy), Serena Malloggi (0000-0003-1813-8916, NEUROFARBA, University of Firenze, Italy), Ilaria Iorio (0000-0002-0495-7753), Ilaria Di Iorio (NEUROFARBA, University of Firenze, Italy), Gianluca Ficca (0000-0001-9519-4351, Department of Psychology, University of Campania ‘L. Vanvitelli’, Italy)
Year2021
Volume26
Issue12
Pages2131-2142
Publication date2021-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1359105320903098
PMID32031019
OpenAlexW3005110439
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited50

The relationship between objective and subjective sleep quality is still debated. Here, we investigate differences in objective sleep parameters in habitual subjective good sleepers and bad sleepers with the aim of evaluating sleep continuity, stability and organization as possible determinants of subjective sleep quality. In total, 38 subjects (good sleepers, N = 18; bad sleepers, N = 20) underwent two nights of sleep recording. Traditional sleep parameters displayed no between-groups differences. Conversely, bad sleepers showed lower sleep continuity (awakenings frequency), stability (e.g. arousals and state transitions frequency) and organization (e.g. number of sleep cycles and time spent in cycles). Our findings point to the involvement of these measures in determining habitual sleep quality perception and suggest the possibility to include them in standard sleep assessments

Audiology · Insomnia · Perception · Psychiatry · Sleep (system call · Sleep quality · Computer Science · Medicine · Psychology · Sleep and related disorders · Sleep and Wakefulness Research · Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue · Clinical Psychology