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Virginia Commonwealth University

2016

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Positivity Ratio: Predicting Sleep Outcomes Across The Adult Lifespan, Janna L. Imel Jan 2016

Positivity Ratio: Predicting Sleep Outcomes Across The Adult Lifespan, Janna L. Imel

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Although sleep has been linked to changes in positive and negative affect across the lifespan, the prediction of sleep from affect has not been explored completely. As such, the main objective of this study was to examine the association between affect and sleep across the adult lifespan, using a novel gauge of affect, the positivity ratio. Both subjective and objective assessments of sleep were used in analyses. This study was an archival analysis of data collected as a part of the Midlife in the United States Study (MIDUS-II), with participants ranging from 34 to 83 years of age. Results revealed …