You often wake up tired with the unpleasant feeling of having slept little. Your companion could be responsible for this bad sleep. According to Dr Emre Selçuk, a social development psychologist at the Middle East Technical University in Turkey, the quality of sleep of people living in couples is linked to their partner’s ability to empathize and listen.
“Our work shows that individuals who have a listening partner suffer less from anxiety and nocturnal awakening, which improves their quality of sleep “, summarizes in The Independent lead author of the study, Dr. Emre Selçuk, in the journal Social Personality and Psychological Science.
For the purposes of the experiment, the sleep of 700 volunteers aged 35 to 86 who were married or in cohabitation was observed with a magnifying glass. As a result, the participants who judged their partner to be considerate and attentive to them slept better than the others. The explanation would be linked to the fact that this attention within the couple keeps ailments such as anxiety and depression away, guaranteeing restful sleep.
The risks associated with poor sleep
For researchers, it is clear that the quality of the romantic relationship and the perception of the degree of romanticism of his partner play a role in psychological well-being, and more broadly on health in general. Because it is always good to remember, too short nights or a lack of sleep can cause health problems by promoting, for example, nervous breakdown, bad cholesterol, weight gain and associated pathologies such as obesity, Type 2 diabetesand cardiovascular illnesses.
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