@article{ref1,
title="The social side of sleep: elucidating the links between sleep and social processes",
journal="Current directions in psychological science",
year="2017",
author="Gordon, Amie M. and Mendes, Wendy Berry and Prather, Aric A.",
volume="26",
number="5",
pages="470-475",
abstract="Sleep problems have become a public health epidemic with recent data suggesting that more than 69% of U.S. adults get less sleep than they need. Despite the important role that sleep plays in our lives, sleep as a variable of interest in interpersonal processes has been historically absent from the psychological literature. Recently, however, researchers have shed some light on the link between sleep and a wide array of social processes. This work illuminates the important role that sleep plays in our social experiences, from basic social perception to complex social interactions. We outline a working model for the bidirectional link between sleep and social processes, including underlying mechanisms; review the recent research that informs this model; and use it to elucidate important next steps to bring together sleep and social psychological research. We also address the pragmatics of measuring sleep for non-sleep researchers.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0963-7214",
doi="10.1177/0963721417712269",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0963721417712269"
}