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  • Social psychology
  • Sleep science
  • Gerontology

Background:

  • Social relationships and support influence physical health and sleep quality.
  • Prior research predominantly focused on positive relationship aspects.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Examine associations between supportive, aversive, ambivalent, and indifferent social ties and sleep quality.
  • Investigate the role of depression in the relationship between social connection quality and sleep.

Main Methods:

  • Assessed relationship quality, sleep quality (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index), and depression.
  • Studied 175 middle-aged and older adults.

Main Results:

  • Supportive ties correlated positively with sleep quality; aversive ties predicted poorer sleep quality, particularly in close relationships.
  • Ambivalent and indifferent ties did not significantly predict sleep quality.
  • Depression mediated the association between relationship quality and sleep quality.

Conclusions:

  • Specific types of social relationships, particularly negative ones, are linked to poor sleep quality.
  • Depression appears to be a key underlying factor in the link between social relationship quality and sleep.