Gender differences were also influential in terms of quality sleep. Women sleep more soundly and wake up less at night compared to men. They are also more able to cope with the effects of sleep deprivation experienced.
Differences in sleep patterns may explain why women aged longer than men. As is known, a sleep disorder is suspected to be risk factors in chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. So says the researchers are now focusing on gender differences in sleep patterns.
"On average, women sleep longer than men and women are generally happier than men. Secondly it may be related," said Daniel J Buysse, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh, USA.
Most people sleep with their spouse. However, research shows, sleeping with someone else causes us to be more frequent waking and sleep less soundly. Nevertheless, the majority of people say they feel better at night while sleeping on the side of a loved one.
"The sense of comfort and security of the couple will make sleep more soundly," said Wendy M Troxel, a researcher in the field of sleep and weddings.
In general, men and women have different body clocks. Men have a circadian period of 24 hours or 6-11 minutes longer than women. Although the difference appears small, the effect will double every day. Because it has a shorter circadian clock, women's sleep and wake up earlier.
In a study of 1506 people, 30 percent of women claimed to sleep eight hours or more on weekdays. Meanwhile, only 22 percent of men who answered the same thing.
Other studies have shown, the average woman slept 7 hours 43 minutes at night or 19 minutes longer than men. Women only took 9.3 minutes to fall asleep and the guy takes 23.2 minutes.
"Circadian clock that long makes him a little more difficult to close my eyes," said Jeanne F Duffy researchers from Harvard Medical School, Boston.
Although several research thrusts that fact, in fact quite a lot of women who complain about their sleep and said it was difficult close my eyes at night.
According Buysee, women with small children are often feel deprived of sleep, when actually slept longer compared with fathers. "Many feel less sleep because they often wake up," he said.
Research also shows, periods of slow wave sleep or sleep in the women more. This sleep period usually occurs in early and very important for memory formation. Therefore, women are considered better able to cope with the impact of sleep disorders.
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