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ArticleAffective science2022

Quarreling After a Sleepless Night: Preliminary Evidence of the Impact of Sleep Deprivation on Interpersonal Conflict.

Patricia Cernadas Curotto, Virginie Sterpenich, David Sander, Nicolas Favez, Ulrike Rimmele, Olga Klimecki

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Article in Affective science, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Daily sleep, social encounters, and momentary loneliness in late life.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025
    Article
  2. A narrative review of mechanisms linking romantic relationship experiences to sleep quality.Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society · 2024
    Review
  3. Fatigue and fallibility: the perils of prolonged shifts for neonatologists.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2023
    Review
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Patricia Cernadas CurottoSwiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Campus Biotech, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-1918-3797
Virginie SterpenichSwiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Campus Biotech, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland.
David SanderSwiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Campus Biotech, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland.
Nicolas FavezUnité de Psychologie Clinique des Relations Interpersonnelles, Department of Psychology, University of Geneva, Geneva, 1205 Switzerland.
Ulrike RimmeleLaboratory for Neurology and Imaging of Cognition, Department of Neurosciences, University of Geneva, Campus Biotech, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland.
Olga KlimeckiSwiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Campus Biotech, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland.
University of Geneva · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although poor sleep has been found to correlate with deteriorations in romantic relationships, its causal impact on interpersonal conflict has not previously been studied. Therefore, 30 couples were randomly assigned to either a single night of total sleep deprivation or a night of normal sleep to test the effects of sleep deprivation on couples' conflict. After the experimental night, all participants discussed a topic of recurrent conflict for 15 min. We collected pre- and post-conflict measures of cortisol, self-reports of feelings, and satisfaction with the conflictual discussion. Multilevel analyses revealed higher cortisol levels during conflict and less positive affect prior to and after the conflict for sleep-deprived couples compared to couples in the control condition. These findings provide initial evidence for a causal negative impact of sleep deprivation on couples' conflicts. Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s42761-021-00076-4.

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Close relationshipsCortisolCouple conflictEmotionsPositive affect

Identifiers

PMID35791417
PMCPMC9249692
OpenAlexW4200320111

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