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Naturalistic Partial Sleep Deprivation Leads to Greater Next-Day Anxiety: The Moderating Role of Baseline Anxiety and Depression

Bean, Christian Alexander Ledwin
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3119-7841
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1586416854132745

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2020, MA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Psychological Sciences.
The detrimental effects of sleep deprivation on emotional functioning have been well-established. In particular, insufficient sleep has been linked to both anxiety and depression. At the daily level, total sleep deprivation usually leads to increased anxiety and depressive symptoms the following day. Although partial sleep deprivation has been suggested to have detrimental effects similar to that of total sleep deprivation, relatively few studies have examined the relationships between partial sleep deprivation and next-day symptoms of anxiety and depression in everyday life, which this study sought to characterize. Participants (N = 94) completed daily diary surveys twice per day for two weeks without instructions to alter their sleep in any way. Nights of spontaneous, naturally-occurring partial sleep deprivation were followed by increased levels of self-reported symptoms of anxiety the next day, but were unrelated to next-day symptoms of depression or general distress. The relationship between partial sleep deprivation and next-day anxiety was found to be moderated by both baseline depressive symptoms and anxiety such that individuals reporting higher levels of depression or anxiety at baseline showed relatively greater increases in symptoms of anxiety following partial sleep deprivation. These results suggest that partial sleep deprivation occurring in everyday life can lead to higher levels of next-day anxiety, a relationship that is particularly deleterious for individuals with higher overall levels of anxiety or depressive symptoms.
Jeffrey Ciesla (Advisor)
John Gunstad (Committee Member)
Jennifer Taber (Committee Member)
William Lechner (Committee Member)
44 p.
Clinical Psychology; Psychology
Sleep; Sleep Deprivation; Anxiety; Depression

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  • Bean, C. A. L. (2020). Naturalistic Partial Sleep Deprivation Leads to Greater Next-Day Anxiety: The Moderating Role of Baseline Anxiety and Depression [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1586416854132745

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Bean, Christian . Naturalistic Partial Sleep Deprivation Leads to Greater Next-Day Anxiety: The Moderating Role of Baseline Anxiety and Depression. 2020. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1586416854132745.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Bean, Christian . "Naturalistic Partial Sleep Deprivation Leads to Greater Next-Day Anxiety: The Moderating Role of Baseline Anxiety and Depression." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1586416854132745

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