New Editorial in SLEEP, 44(4), zsab013, https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsab013

Sleep loss and risk taking: new findings in a field that needs more clarity

In a new study in SLEEP, by Mantua et al (2021), N=2296 military servicemen and women were asked about their sleep habits and about risky behaviors that they had engaged in. A negative association between sleep quantity and quality with risky behaviors was found (e.g. carrying a weapon, reckless driving). In this Editorial, I discuss what the study adds to the field of sleep and risk-taking, as well as where I hope the field will move to in the future.

Read the original study:

Mantua, et al. (2021), Sleep and high-risk behavior in military service members: a mega-analysis of four diverse U.S. Army units, Sleep, Volume 44, Issue 4, April 2021, zsaa221, https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsaa221

And my commentary:

Stijn A A Massar, Sleep loss and risk-taking: new findings in a field that needs more clarity, Sleep, Volume 44, Issue 4, April 2021, zsab013, https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsab013