title: Sleep Loss and Affective Functioning: More Than Just Mood.
abstract: Empirical evidence supports an intimate link between sleep and affective functioning. While the bidirectional relationship between sleep duration and mood is well documented, limited research targets other aspects of affective functioning, such as emotion and emotion regulation, or considers their interrelationships. The present review summarizes research examining the relationship between sleep and emotion, emotion regulation, and mood, and presents a theoretical model representing the relationships between these constructs. Disruptions to sleep and mood may trigger and maintain a negative cascade, leading to more entrenched sleep problems and psychopathology. Given that insufficient sleep is a widespread phenomenon, understanding the interrelationships between sleep and affective functioning has implications for both public health and clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: a Centre for Sleep Research , University of South Australia , Adelaide , South Australia.
authors.forename: Jordan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Watling
authors.affiliation: a Centre for Sleep Research , University of South Australia , Adelaide , South Australia.|b School of Psychology , Flinders University , Adelaide , South Australia.
authors.forename: Bartholomew
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pawlik
authors.affiliation: a Centre for Sleep Research , University of South Australia , Adelaide , South Australia.
authors.forename: Kelly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.affiliation: a Centre for Sleep Research , University of South Australia , Adelaide , South Australia.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Booth
authors.affiliation: a Centre for Sleep Research , University of South Australia , Adelaide , South Australia.|b School of Psychology , Flinders University , Adelaide , South Australia.
authors.forename: Michelle A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Short
mesh_terms: D000339:Affect / Q000502:physiology*; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology*