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As we said, loneliness (not living alone) explains individual differences in sleep quality: Reply.

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: We appreciate the opportunity to respond to the letter to the editor in regard to the role of living alone in explaining differences in sleep quality. The authors of the letter correctly pointed out that although we controlled for marital status in our original study (Hawkley, Preacher, & Cacioppo, 2010), we did not control for living alone in our analyses of loneliness and daytime dysfunction. The authors drew to our attention the prior work of Gu, Sautter, Pipkin, and Zeng (2010), who found that living alone was associ-ated with better sleep quality independent of marital status. We therefore reexamined our data and found that living alone was not significantly associated with loneliness (r .13, p .07) or daytime dysfunction (r .08, p .24; data not reported in original study). Living alone therefore cannot explain the effect of loneliness on daytime dysfunction in our sample. It is important to note that we did not argue that the threat of

Source: Health Psychology

DOI: 10.1037/a0022366

Authors: Louise Hawkley, Kristopher Preacher, John Cacioppo

Institutions: University of Chicago, University of Kansas

Language: English

Topic: Sleep and related disorders

Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institutes of Health