Stress Reactivity, Wellbeing and Functioning in University Students: A Role for Autonomic Activity During Sleep.

IF 3 2区 心理学 Q2 PSYCHIATRY
Stress and Health Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-11-30 DOI:10.1002/smi.3509
Michael Joubert, Jessica Elise Beilharz, Scott Fatt, Yuen Ming Chung, Erin Cvejic, Ute Vollmer-Conna, Alexander Robert Burton
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Abstract

Sleep is a key biological mechanism in promoting wellbeing and resilience to stress. This cross-sectional study examined connections between sleep, autonomic function, wellbeing, and stress reactivity in healthy individuals. Demographic, lifestyle, sleep, and psychological well-being information were collected from 85 healthy university students. These variables were analysed in conjunction with indices of cardiac autonomic activity, including heart rate and high frequency heart rate variability (HF HRV, an indicator of parasympathetic vagal tone) recorded during nocturnal sleep onset and in response to a cognitive stressor. Correlational analyses revealed that unrefreshing and fragmented sleep was strongly associated with lower HF HRV at sleep onset, suggestive of poorer autonomic de-arousal. Further, those with minimal increases in HF HRV from wakefulness to sleep reported worse sleep quality and greater challenges in daily activities compared to those with significant increases. This same group also demonstrated significantly greater reactivity and slower recovery when faced with a stressor the next day, as evidenced by comparison of heart rate values. Our findings suggest an association between autonomic hypervigilance and aspects of sleep quality, with potential implications for wellbeing and stress responses.

大学生的应激反应、健康和功能:睡眠中自主神经活动的作用。
睡眠是促进健康和抗压能力的关键生物机制。这项横断面研究调查了健康个体的睡眠、自主神经功能、幸福感和压力反应之间的联系。收集了85名健康大学生的人口统计、生活方式、睡眠和心理健康信息。这些变量与心脏自主活动指标(包括心率和高频心率变异性,副交感迷走神经张力的指标)在夜间睡眠发作和对认知应激源的反应中记录进行了分析。相关分析显示,不清醒和碎片化的睡眠与睡眠开始时较低的HF HRV密切相关,提示较差的自主神经去唤醒。此外,那些从清醒状态到睡眠状态HRV增幅最小的患者报告睡眠质量较差,日常活动面临更大挑战。当第二天面对压力源时,这同一组人也表现出更强的反应性和更慢的恢复速度,这一点可以通过心率值的比较来证明。我们的研究结果表明,自主神经过度警觉与睡眠质量之间存在关联,这对健康和压力反应有潜在的影响。
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Stress and Health
Stress and Health 医学-精神病学
CiteScore
6.40
自引率
4.90%
发文量
91
审稿时长
>12 weeks
期刊介绍: Stress is a normal component of life and a number of mechanisms exist to cope with its effects. The stresses that challenge man"s existence in our modern society may result in failure of these coping mechanisms, with resultant stress-induced illness. The aim of the journal therefore is to provide a forum for discussion of all aspects of stress which affect the individual in both health and disease. The Journal explores the subject from as many aspects as possible, so that when stress becomes a consideration, health information can be presented as to the best ways by which to minimise its effects.
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