5 Reasons Why Happy Couples Have The Potential To Get A Quality Night's Sleep

Illustration of a happy couple likely to get quality sleep (Unsplash/Damir Spanic)

JAKARTA – Unwittingly, couples influence each other, even in daily matters, namely sleep. Quality sleep, apparently has something to do with quality relationship patterns as well. A study explores theoretically the relationship experience and its effect on sleep patterns.

Here are reasons why happy couples are more likely to get good quality sleep.

1. Long-term partners have similar biological systems

A phenomenon called coreregulation, in which long-term partners become similar to each other, belongs to basic biological systems. Theoretically, the closer you are to your partner, the more you and your partner's daily rhythm will be.

2. Happy couples will adjust to each other

Compromising with differences, including differences in sleep hours, is common for happy couples. even if they have out of sync biological rhythms, chances are that one of the partners is trying to find a way to compromise. For example, in a daily pattern for sleeping, such as preparing yourself half an hour before bed or half an hour being ready at the dinner table.

3. Align each other

The subconscious can set the same sleep preferences. Or consciously quality partners align to be closer. Those who are in tune with each other are emotionally in sync as well.

4. Every couple needs a secure attachment

A researcher and colleagues from the University of Pittsburgh, Heather Dunn conducted a study of 46 married couples with an average age of 30 years. He examined the effect of relationship satisfaction on the pattern of coreregulation. As a result, most people develop a secure attachment style. They need to rely on someone they can rely on, and vice versa. People who are securely bonded are most likely to harmonize their sleep patterns.

5. The happier the wife is, the more the couple gets a synchronous sleep

Dunn's research data, reported by Psychology Today, Thursday, March 10, shows that there is no relationship between style and attachment unless influenced by emotional and psychological conditions. In fact, in the data, the more satisfied the wife, the more she shows a sleep pattern that matches her husband.

In closing, Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Ph.D., professor emeritus in Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, says that it's uncertain what keeps you and your partner's sleeping habits in sync and so you're consciously happier. The subconscious may influence each other to adjust to each other in real life.