--- description: Married couples are more likely to sleep in sync when a wife is more satisfied with her marriage, researchers have found. title: Marriage Satisfaction Plays Role in Sleep image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Health](/section/health/) ## Health Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Sex/Relationships](/tag/sexrelationships/) ## Sex/Relationships Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Husbands, If You Want a Good Night's Sleep Make Sure Your Wife Is Happy by [Stephanie Burnett](/author/stephanie-burnett/) ## Stephanie Burnett Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 6, 2014 5:35 AM CUT by [Stephanie Burnett](/author/stephanie-burnett/) ## Stephanie Burnett Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 6, 2014 5:35 AM CUT A happier wife may bring better sleep for husbands. According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, married couples are [more likely](http://www.eurekalert.org/pub%5Freleases/2014-06/aaos-csi060514.php "undefined") to sleep in sync when a wife is more satisfied with her marriage. The study indicates that partners who sleep in the same bed are awake, or asleep, at the same time for 75 percent of the time – but it also suggests that the percentage is higher if the wife has a higher level of marital satisfaction. “Most of what is known about sleep comes from studying it at the individual level; however, for most adults, sleep is a shared behavior between bed partners,” said Heather Gunn, lead author of the study. “This suggests that our sleep patterns are regulated not only by when we sleep, but also by with whom we sleep.” \[[_American Academy of Sleep Medicine_](http://www.eurekalert.org/pub%5Freleases/2014-06/aaos-csi060514.php "undefined")_\]_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2836244/sleep-wife-satisfaction-marriage/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2836244/sleep-wife-satisfaction-marriage/"},"headline":"Husbands, If You Want a Good Night's Sleep Make Sure Your Wife Is Happy","datePublished":"2014-06-06T05:35:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:15:26.921Z","description":"A new study finds that sleep-wake schedules are more synchronized when a wife is content with her marriage, indicating that sleep patterns are a shared behavior between partners.","url":"https://time.com/2836244/sleep-wife-satisfaction-marriage/","keywords":["Sex/Relationships","Marriage","Sleep","Research","health"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Stephanie Burnett","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/stephanie-burnett/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/sexrelationships/","name":"Sex/Relationships"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2836244/sleep-wife-satisfaction-marriage/","name":"Husbands, If You Want a Good Night's Sleep Make Sure Your Wife Is Happy"}}]}] ```