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Sleep deprivation and stressors: Evidence for elevated negative affect in response to mild stressors when sleep deprived
Minkel, J. D., Banks, S., Htaik, O., Moreta, M. C., Jones, C. W., McGlinchey, E. L., Simpson, N. S., & Dinges, D. F. (2012). Sleep deprivation and stressors: Evidence for elevated negative affect in response to mild stressors when sleep deprived.
Level B Experiment doi:10.1037/a0026871
What this study supports
Supports the claim that sleep-deprived participants reported more stress, anxiety and anger than rested controls after a low-stress task but not after a high-stress task, consistent with a lowered threshold for perceiving stress. Small samples and one night of total deprivation.
- Who was studied
- Healthy adult volunteers in two laboratory experiments (total N = 53) after one night of total sleep deprivation or rested control.
- Design
- Experiment
- Level of evidence
- Controlled studies: randomised or experimental designs, and syntheses of correlational work.
Claims that rest on it
Each claim states what the site asserts, at what strength, and with what caveat.
EmpiricalLevel BConfidence LOW
After one night of total sleep deprivation, healthy adults reported more stress, anxiety and anger than rested controls in response to a mild stressor but not a severe one, consistent with a lowered threshold for perceiving stress.
- Scope
- Two laboratory experiments with healthy adults and cognitive stressors.
- Caveat
- Small samples and a single night of total deprivation; not replicated in the sources cited here.
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