Couples Who Sleep Less Than an Inch
Apart
Might Be Happiest Research Reveals
What Your Sleeping Position
Says About Your Relationship
If you get my
newsletter you know that I have written and spoken about couples’ sleep
positions for many years. I have even been in bed on a morning television show
talking about. Patti on Regis & Kelly
Here is some of the most current research on
couples sleep positions.
From Science
Daily News
April 15, 2014 University of Hertfordshire
April 15, 2014 University of Hertfordshire
Scientists
have discovered what people’s preferred couple sleeping position reveals about
their relationships and personality. The research revealed the most popular sleep
positions for couples.
What
Sleep Position is the Most Popular for Couples and what is the Least Popular.
42%
sleeping back to back,
31%
sleeping facing the same direction
4%
spending the night facing one another.
12%
of couples spend the night less than an inch apart whilst
2% sleep over 30 inches apart.
What
do people’s preferred sleeping position reveal about their relationships and
personality?
Credit:
© Igor Mojzes / Fotolia
Research carried out
at the Edinburgh International Science Festival has discovered what people’s
preferred sleeping position reveals about their relationships and personality.
The work, carried out by University of Hertfordshire
psychologist Professor Richard Wiseman, involved asking over 1000 people to
describe their preferred sleeping position and to rate their personality and
quality of their relationship.
The research revealed the most popular sleep positions for
couples, with 42% sleeping back to back, 31% sleeping facing the same direction
and just 4% spending the night facing one another. In addition, 12% of
couples spend the night less than an inch apart whilst 2% sleep over 30 inches
apart.
Professor Wiseman commented: “One of the most important
differences involved touching, with 94% of couples who spent the night in
contact with one another were happy with their relationship, compared to just
68% of those that didn't touch.”
In addition, the further apart the couple spent the night, the
worse their relationship, with 86% of those who slept less than an inch apart
from their partner being happy with their relationship, compared to only 66% of
those who slept more than 30 inches apart.
The work also revealed that extroverts tended to spend the night
close to their partners, and more creative types tended to sleep on their left
hand side.
Professor Wiseman noted: "This is the first survey to
examine couples' sleeping positions, and the results allow people to gain an
insight into someone's personality and relationship by simply asking them about
their favourite sleeping position."
Professor Richard Wiseman is the author of Night School,
which examines the science of sleep and dreaming.
He returns to the Edinburgh International Science Festival on Thursday
17 April, 2014 to talk about the power of the sleeping mind.
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