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Sleep Psychology

Sleep Psychology is the psychological science of sleep and biological rhythms. The overall aim of Research Directions: Sleep Psychology is to organise efforts to answer the core questions about sleep and circadian rhythms emerging from all branches of psychology.

Welcome to Sleep Psychology

Research Directions: Sleep Psychology community is the hub for psychologists and sleep researchers whose work aims to answer critical theoretical, methodological, and application-level questions related to the psychology of sleep, dreams, and biological rhythms. Sleep psychology is an emerging, interdisciplinary field dedicated to examining the psychological nature, functions, and mechanisms of sleep, as well as the various psychological factors influenced by sleep, such as emotions, thoughts, behaviours, and mental disorders. Answer questions on topics such as, sleep mentation, the impact of sleep on cognitive, behavioural, and psychosocial functioning, memory consolidation during sleep, the role of sleep in emotional regulation, the relationship between sleep and mental health, psychological aspects of sleep disorders, psychological dimensions of sleep health, and the use of psychological interventions to improve sleep and circadian rhythms.

Help Us Shape This Community

The Sleep Psychology community is a space to discover and contribute to the questions shaping the field of sleep psychology. Find out more about the associated journal here.

If this is your field, shape this community by:

  • Submitting early or supplementary outputs, typically non-peer reviewed, that help answer the published questions. All outputs have a DOI and therefore are discoverable and citable.
  • Suggesting future questions for publication. If the advisory council and executive board accept your suggestion, you will be the author of the Question. Please use the discussion forum for this or contact us on sleeppsychology@cambridge.org.
  • Discussing other researchers' question suggestions and other researchers' outputs in the forum.
  • Suggesting how we can make this community and the associated journal work for you by contacting us at sleeppsychology@cambridge.org or via the forum.