New study highlights the importance of considering specific emotional reactions such as anger and their regulation in the context of sleep disruption. Sleep restriction amplifies anger and frustration.
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‘New study highlights the importance of considering specific emotional reactions such as anger and their regulation in the context of sleep disruption. ’
"The results are important because they provide strong causal evidence that sleep restriction increases anger and increases frustration over time," said study author Zlatan Krizan, a Professor at the Iowa State University in the US. "Moreover, the results from the daily diary study suggest such effects translate to everyday life, as young adults reported more anger in the afternoon on days they slept less," Krizan added.
The research team also conducted a lab experiment involving 147 community residents.
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Everyone gets angry; it is a normal emotion that cannot be completely avoided. However, it is important to recognize if you have problems controlling your anger. Most people instinctively think that they do not have anger issues and that their anger is “justified”. This unhealthy perspective can lead a person to behave irrationally and hurt those around them and may even cause physical harm to themselves or others. Scientists who researched the effects of anger found that angry people are more likely to make risky decisions and ignore danger signs.
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Following this manipulation, anger was assessed during exposure to irritating noise, the researchers said.
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In contrast, sleep-restricted individuals exhibited higher and increased anger in response to aversive noise, suggesting that losing sleep undermined emotional adaptation to frustrating circumstance.
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Mental stress and anger often go unrecognized and are under-addressed. Mental stress is common in patients with heart failure due to the complexities of disease management, progressively worsening functional limitations, and frequent symptom exacerbation and hospitalizations.
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A related experiment in which individuals reported anger following an online competitive game found similar results.
"Together, these results provide compelling evidence that lost sleep amplifies anger in both the laboratory and everyday life," the study authors wrote.
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