Perspectives on interpersonal touch are related to subjective sleep quality
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Title: | Perspectives on interpersonal touch are related to subjective sleep quality |
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Authors: | Dueren, Anna Lena | Bowling, Natalie | Vafeiadou, Aikaterini | Madrid-Valero, Juan J. | Hammond, Claudia | Gregory, Alice M. | Banissy, Michael J. |
Research Group/s: | Psicología Aplicada a la Salud y Comportamiento Humano (PSYBHE) |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Psicología de la Salud |
Keywords: | Co-sleep | C-tactile | Ct-afferent | Sleep | Touch |
Issue Date: | 9-Nov-2022 |
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons |
Citation: | Journal of Sleep Research. 2023, 32(3): e13766. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.13766 |
Abstract: | Affective touch has been reported for its calming effects; however, it is less clear whether touch is associated with sleep. Here, the relationship between different touch variables and self-reported sleep indicators was investigated. Data were extracted from the Touch Test, a cross-sectional survey conducted in 2020. Data from a sample of 15,049 healthy adults from the UK (mean age = 56.13, SD = 13.8; 75.4% female) were analysed. Participants were asked to attribute positive, negative, or no effects on sleep to hugs, strokes, massages, intimate touch, and sleep onset with and without touch. The time since last intentional touch, touch amount satisfaction, and childhood bed routine with hugs and kisses were assessed. Sleep quality, duration, latency, wake after sleep onset and diurnal preference were measured. Data were analysed using chi-square tests and logistic regressions. Affective touch before sleep was perceived to have positive effects on sleep. Touch recency emerged as a significant predictor for some sleep variables, with a longer timespan since the last intentional touch relating to improved sleep quality, longer sleep duration, and shorter and fewer instances of waking up after sleep onset in some participants. Experiencing too much touch was related to lower sleep quality and higher instances of waking up after sleep onset. These findings highlight the importance of interpersonal touch for subjective sleep quality. |
Sponsor: | This project was supported by and run in collaboration with the Wellcome Collection. Michael J. Banissy is supported by the ESRC (grant no. ES/R007527/1). |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/129649 |
ISSN: | 0962-1105 (Print) | 1365-2869 (Online) |
DOI: | 10.1111/jsr.13766 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Rights: | © 2022 The Authors. Journal of Sleep Research published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of European Sleep Research Society. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.13766 |
Appears in Collections: | INV - PSYBHE - Artículos de Revistas |
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