Is sleep deprivation involved in domestic violence?

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dc.contributor.authorHoshino, Katsumasa [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorPasqualini, Juliana Campregher [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorD'Oliveira, Érika Pessanha [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorDa Silva, Claudia Pires [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorModesto, Ângela Esteves [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorSilveira, Rafael Silva M. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-29T08:48:51Z
dc.date.available2022-04-29T08:48:51Z
dc.date.issued2009-12-01
dc.description.abstractbackground and objective: Sleep deprivation promotes an increase in aggressiveness; however, this effect has not been investigated in humans. Since high alcohol intake promotes desynchronized sleep deprivation and alcoholism is directly associated with domestic violence (DV), this study aimed to collect information on sleep characteristics, anxiety, and alcohol consumption by DV perpetrators. Methods: Having this purpose in mind, 53 female victims of physical violence perpetrated by their intimate partners (DV group) were interviewed after providing free informed consent. The interviews took place on the occasion that the abused women registered a formal accusation at the Specialized Police Station for Women. The interviews were structured in a previously tested questionnaire. Results: Thirty women from the general population without any complaint of DV composed the control group. The DV group showed prevalent insomnia, high sleep fragmentation, intense daily snoring, a tendency to disregard sleep hygiene rules and thus feel sleepy during the day, sleep complaints, high alcohol intake, and high anxiety levels. Increased aggressiveness from their partners after a poor night's sleep was reported by 58% of DV victims, and half of them reported having been battered on those days. Conclusions: Data obtained support the possible involvement of sleep-deprivation-induced aggressiveness in DV etiology; this fact requires confrmation by further studies using other reliable methods.en
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Estadual Paulista Departamento de Ciências Biológicas
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Estadual Paulista Departamento de Psicologia
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniversidade Estadual Paulista Departamento de Ciências Biológicas
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniversidade Estadual Paulista Departamento de Psicologia
dc.format.extent14-20
dc.identifier.citationSleep Science, v. 2, n. 1, p. 14-20, 2009.
dc.identifier.issn1984-0659
dc.identifier.issn1984-0063
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84859155635
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/232062
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofSleep Science
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectAggressiveness
dc.subjectAlcoholism
dc.subjectAnxiety
dc.subjectDomestic violence
dc.subjectSleep deprivation
dc.titleIs sleep deprivation involved in domestic violence?en
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