Sleep Deprivation Impairs Human Cognitive Reappraisal Ability: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Overview

Journal Nat Sci Sleep

Publisher Dove Medical Press

Date 2023 Sep 27

PMID 37753520

Authors

Zi-Qiang Li

Ye Qin

Wen-Peng Cai

Si-Qi Deng

Xiao-Fei Mao

Jian-Guo Zhang

Tian-Ya Hou

Yu Pan

Yi Cui

Ying-Nan Ge

Wei Dong

Yun-Xiang Tang

Affiliations

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Abstract

Purpose: This study aims to examine the impact of sleep deprivation on individual cognitive reappraisal ability using a standardized behavioral paradigm.

Methods: A randomized pretest-posttest control group design was conducted. Thirty-nine participants were eventually enrolled and randomly assigned to receive either the sleep control (SC: n = 17) or the sleep deprivation (SD: n = 22). Both of them were required to perform a standardized behavioral paradigm of measuring cognitive reappraisal ability one time under sleep-rested condition and another time under the condition of different sleep manipulation a week later.

Results: Mean valence ratings of SD group were more negative than SC group's (p < 0.05) and mean arousal ratings of SD group were higher than SC group's (p < 0.01).

Conclusion: Sleep deprivation may impair individual cognitive reappraisal ability and could potentially undermine the efficacy of cognitive therapy in terms of emotion regulation.

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