The time that the members of a couple spend sleeping sometimes varies markedly, as does the time they fall asleep and wake up. In short, there is little synchronization in their rest, which can affect coexistence … or is it the other way around?
Because according to a curious research published in Sleep magazine, a woman's marital satisfaction greatly influences that nighttime harmony .
To reach this conclusion, the experts recorded with an actigraph – a non-invasive device that is placed on one arm – the activity of 46 married couples and compared them with their testimonies about their romantic relationship.
On average, the sleep time coincided 75%, a percentage significantly higher than that of individuals without separate emotional ties. But, in addition, the researchers observed that the coincidence increased proportionally to the degree of marital happiness that the female member of the couple manifested.
As Heather Gunn, one of the study's authors, summarizes, "our sleep patterns are not only regulated by when we sleep, but also by the person we sleep with."
