0211 Experimental Sleep Restriction, Moral Absolutism, and Religiosity
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Abstract Introduction Moral absolutism is the notion that “rights” and “wrongs” are independent of situational circumstances, it a core philosophy many religious traditions. We tested whether active church members Christian pastors showed resiliency to mild sleep restriction when reporting beliefs/cognitions, logging spiritual behaviors, judging deserved-punishments for moral mistakes. Methods recruited 92 adults who identified as in churches (members pastors). On Monday, participants completed baseline religiosity, mood, cognitive functioning measures were then randomly assigned adhere early (10:30pm) or late (1:30am) bedtimes four nights, with 7:30am waketimes, while wearing actigraphy keeping daily diary behaviors. Friday, repeated assessments, responded series biblical stories literal versus figurative, rated vignettes about mistakes committed by in-group leaders (pastors) out-group (imams; counterbalanced). Results The bedtime condition reduced actigraphy-defined 85 min/night (p<.001). Despite spending more time awake, this restricted group reported engaging fewer behaviors during week (e.g., prayer time; p<.01). had worse mood disturbances (p<.001), subjective sleepiness altered perceptions meaning Garden Eden Noah’s ark (p<.05). Fluid intelligence was unaffected (p=.78). When evaluating made mistakes, significantly less forgiving (p<.01); example, well-rested thought such still “somewhat likely” get into Heaven, but sleep-restricted “not very Heaven (p<.01). effects most prominent frequently attended services rating (r = -.49; opposite patterns noted well-rested). Conclusion In contrast philosophies, produced significant changes cognitions (story interpretation), expressions beliefs (likeliness getting Heaven), virtues (decreased forgiveness). Support (if any) URSA Grant National Science Foundation (1920730, 1943323).
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Sleep
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['0302-5128']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsad077.0211