Mental well‐being of good sleepers in a random population sample

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ID9616730
AuthorsMarkku T Hyyppä (Social Insurance Institution, corresponding author), Erkki Kronholm (Social Insurance Institution), Carl‐Erik Mattlar (Social Insurance Institution)
Year1991
Volume64
Issue1
Pages25-34
Publication date1991-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Medical Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-1129 • E-ISSN: 2056-5194
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.2044-8341.1991.tb01639.x
PMID2043502
OpenAlexW1971066885
LanguageEN
Citations received3

It is generally assumed that a good night's sleep has a beneficial effect on mood. The present survey aimed to evaluate what a good night's sleep means for mental well‐being and psychic functional capacity. A random community sample of 670 adult subjects was divided into three groups: good, intermediate and poor sleepers according to a sleep habit questionnaire based on self‐reports. Their cognitive, emotional and personality features were assessed with various psychometric and personality tests, and differences between the groups were evaluated statistically. In the age‐ and gender‐adjusted population the average good sleeper turned out to be a person who falls asleep in 10 minutes, after which his/her 7.5 hours' sleep is serene and without parasomnias. Immediately on awakening in the morning and later during the day he/she is mentally alert without distress or emotional problems. Definite mood and personality differences between good and other sleepers in the adult population surveyed revealed that good sleepers are psychologically capable of maintaining a self‐esteem which is in functional balance with their life‐goals and mental well‐being

Population · Sample (material) · Sociology · Demography · Mind wandering and attention · Psychology · Sleep and related disorders · Sleep and Wakefulness Research

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