Want to know the secret of a happy married life? It’s sound sleep at night! Surprised? Well there is evidence! The findings of an intriguing new study suggest the key to marital bliss is good night’s sleep.
According to experts, couples who get good shut eye at night are more satisfied with their marriage. Apparently, it is not only the hours of sleep that count, but also the quality that decides partners satisfaction with each other.
In a bid to get some insight into this phenomena, researchers at Florida State University conducted a 7 day study involving 68 newly married couples. The participants were asked to keep track of
the number of hours they slept each night.
As a part of the study, the couples were asked two set of questions and their responses rated on a scale of 1 to 7.
The first set of questions such as… “How satisfied were you with your marriage today?” centered around overall relationship satisfaction. The second batch of question focused on experiences in nine different areas like daily chores performed by the newlyweds, conflict outcome and the time they spent together.
The analysis revealed that couples who got optimal sleep were very much satisfied with their other half and had positive things to say about their partners and married life.
Lead author of the study, Heather Maranges stated, “The universality of our findings is important.
“That is, we know all people need sleep. Regardless of the stage at which a couple is in their relationship or the cultural context in which they’re embedded, each member of the couple can be adversely affected by not getting enough sleep.”
Findings of the study are published in the Journal of Family Psychology.
