Could Poor Sleep Make Us Sweary, According to Science?

Released in 2024 “The relationships among sleep quality, humor styles, and use of curse words” A current article titled (Relationships between sleep quality, humor styles and swearing use) interesting results reached.

The research shows that individuals need to cope with fatigue, especially if their sleep quality is poor. whether they use profanity or humor more often aims to detect.

First, let’s look at the methodology of the research.

Within the scope of the research, a total of 309 people A sample of (105 men, 200 women, 3 others) is reached.

In this direction, sleep quality, excitement and adventure seeking, experience seeking, boredom sensitivity, lack of control, humor styles (binding humor, self-enhancing humor, aggressive humor and self-deprecating humor) and frequency of swearing Variables such as are considered.

Let’s start examining the findings. Our sleep quality affects our use of swear words!

In other words, poor sleep quality affects individuals on language use It is found to have a significant impact.

In particular, tired individuals may engage in self-degrading like humor and swearing It seems that they use cautionary language forms more frequently.

Additionally, researchers found that the use of stimulating language (profanity and humor) Helps balance fatigue They suggest that it may be

As researchers note, the use of humor and profanity activates the sympathetic nervous system. a temporary arousal provides and thus can alleviate the effects of fatigue.

According to researchers, this situation especially those who work at nightIt may cause the use of profanity to be more common in professional groups that have to cope with fatigue, such as truck drivers and pilots.

It is stated that choosing the self-deprecating humor style is due to fatigue.

Researchers say that this style of humor is more self-targeting than other styles of humor. Easier He adds that it is.

That is, the reason why this humor style is used more frequently than other humor styles is that this humor style has a cognitive effect. be less complex It is stated that this occurs because it is easier for tired individuals.

In this regard, within the scope of the findings individuals with sleep problems He appears to use self-deprecating humor more frequently.

between the other three humor styles (binding, self-enhancing, aggressive humor) and sleep quality There is no significant relationship.

In summary, this research physiological conditions such as fatigue and sleep quality scientifically proves its effects on individuals’ use of profanity and humor.

Of course, as with every scientific research, this research may have some limitations and only within its own sample Let us also remind you that it can be generalized.

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