Nature and Science of Sleep (Sep 2023)

Sleep Deprivation Impairs Human Cognitive Reappraisal Ability: A Randomized Controlled Trial

  • Li ZQ,
  • Qin Y,
  • Cai WP,
  • Deng SQ,
  • Mao XF,
  • Zhang JG,
  • Hou TY,
  • Pan Y,
  • Cui Y,
  • Ge YN,
  • Dong W,
  • Tang YX

Journal volume & issue
Vol. Volume 15
pp. 729 – 736

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Zi-Qiang Li,1,* Ye Qin,2,* Wen-Peng Cai,1,* Si-Qi Deng,3 Xiao-Fei Mao,1 Jian-Guo Zhang,1 Tian-Ya Hou,1 Yu Pan,4 Yi Cui,1 Ying-Nan Ge,5 Wei Dong,1,* Yun-Xiang Tang1,* 1Faculty of Psychology, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, 200433, People’s Republic of China; 2The School of Mechanical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, 210046, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Clinical Psychological Counseling, Shanghai Tongxinjici Health Couseling Center, Shanghai, 200433, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Medical Psychology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100830, People’s Republic of China; 5Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen Second People’s Hospital, Shenzhen, 518000, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Wei Dong; Yun-Xiang Tang, Faculty of Psychology, Naval Medical University, No. 800 Xiangyin Road, Shanghai, 200433, People’s Republic of China, Tel/Fax +86-13524435414 ; +86-13386271042, Email [email protected]; [email protected]: This study aims to examine the impact of sleep deprivation on individual cognitive reappraisal ability using a standardized behavioral paradigm.Methods: A randomized pretest-posttest control group design was conducted. Thirty-nine participants were eventually enrolled and randomly assigned to receive either the sleep control (SC: n = 17) or the sleep deprivation (SD: n = 22). Both of them were required to perform a standardized behavioral paradigm of measuring cognitive reappraisal ability one time under sleep-rested condition and another time under the condition of different sleep manipulation a week later.Results: Mean valence ratings of SD group were more negative than SC group’s (p < 0.05) and mean arousal ratings of SD group were higher than SC group’s (p < 0.01).Conclusion: Sleep deprivation may impair individual cognitive reappraisal ability and could potentially undermine the efficacy of cognitive therapy in terms of emotion regulation.Keywords: sleep deprivation, emotion regulation, cognitive reappraisal, IAPS, CRA

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