The connection between sleep quality and the experience and regulation of emotions

Kakovost spanja se pomembno povezuje z našim čustvovanjem, nadalje torej z našim razpoloženjem in tudi razpoloženjskimi motnjami (Ben Simon idr., 2020). Namen magistrske naloge je bil raziskati, ali in kako se splošna kakovost spanja posameznika povezuje z doživljanjem in uravnavanjem pozitivnih ter negativnih čustev in ali se konstrukti medsebojno napovedujejo, s katerimi čustvi specifično se kakovost spanja najmočneje povezuje in obratno, s katerimi vidiki kakovosti spanja je najpomembneje povezano čustvovanje. Zanimalo me je tudi, ali je morda uravnavanje negativnih čustev močneje povezano s kakovostjo spanja kot uravnavanje pozitivnih čustev. Za namen raziskave je 109 udeležencev izpolnilo slovenski prevod Pittsburškega vprašalnika kakovosti spanja (Jurjevčič, 2013PSQIBuysse idr., 1989), razširjeno obliko Vprašalnika pozitivnega in negativnega čustvovanja (Modic in Kobal Grum, 2020PANAS-XWatson in Clark, 1994), ki sem ga sama še enkrat prevedla in dopolnila, in prevod Vprašalnika kompetenc čustvene regulacije (Makarić, 2020PERCIPreece idr., 2018). Rezultati so pokazali, da ob slabši kakovosti spanja doživljamo več negativnih čustev, predvsem sovražnosti in krivde ter utrujenosti, ob dobrem spanju pa manj. Prav tako se kakovost spanja negativno povezuje z zmožnostjo uravnavanja čustev, še posebej z uravnavanjem negativnih. Negativna čustva in uravnavanje le-teh so se v splošnem pokazali kot pomembneje povezani s kakovostjo spanja v primerjavi s pozitivnimi čustvi, predvsem s subjektivno kakovostjo spanja in motnjami podnevi zaradi slabše kakovosti spanja. Potrebne bi bile nadaljnje podrobnejše raziskave povezav in vplivov med omenjenimi konstrukti v slovenskem prostoru, saj bi z ozaveščanjem in različnimi intervencijami na področju spanja pripomogli k družbi z več pozitivnega in manj negativnega čustvovanja, k boljšemu uravnavanju čustev in morda nižji prevalenci razpoloženjskih motenj.Sleep quality is significantly connected to our emotions, to our mood and also mood disorders (Ben Simon et al., 2020). This master’s thesis explores if and how does one’s sleep quality connect with experiencing and regulating positive and negative emotions. What is more, it explores if this constructs are each other’s predictors, which specific emotions connect most significantly to sleep quality and, on the other hand, which aspects of sleep quality connect most significantly to emotions. Furthermore, this thesis investigates if the regulation of negative emotions is connected to sleep quality more significantly as opposed to when being compared to the regulation of positive emotions. For the purpose of this research, 109 participants filled Slovenian translation of Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (Jurjevčič, 2013PSQIBuysse et al., 1989), The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule – Expanded form (Modic and Kobal Grum, 2020PANAS-XWatson and Clark, 1994), which I retranslated and improved, and the translation of Perth Emotion Regulation Competency Inventory (Makarić, 2020PERCIPreece et al., 2018). Results show that we experience more negative emotions – especially hostility, guilt and fatigue – and less positive emotions when the sleep quality is low. There is also a negative correlation between sleep quality and emotion regulation competency, especially regulation of negative emotions. Negative emotions and regulation of negative emotions are in general more significantly correlated to sleep quality than positive emotions, especially with Subjective sleep quality and Daytime dysfunction because of poor sleep quality. Further and more thorough research is needed to explore connections and influences between aforementioned constructs in Slovenian population. Spreading awareness about the topic could benefit us in building a society with more positive and less negative emotions, better emotional regulation and lower prevalence of mood disorders