This is a research paper about how sleep affects mood. It is for an English class focused on research and writing and the topic is about sleep. The thesis is how improving sleep habits can lead to an improvement in mood regulation and having better emotional resilience.
These are the only requirements. The essay should not address the reader or self at any point. 8 pages, double spaced, 12 point font, and MLA format. There needs to be at least 6 sources and each sources has to be cited at least twice in the paper. I will provide 6 approved sources but if you would like to use a different source, please let me know as I need to get it approved first. the source have to be reliable and preferably from a data base.
Keep the style and writing fairly simple at a freshman college level. I will provide an example of the general writing style. The example is about Rapid eye movement sleep.
The outline is-
introduction- Brief overview of sleep and mood and introduction thesis statement.
Impact of sleep deprivation on mood- Talk about the negative effects of sleep deprivation.
Talk about how the prefrontal cortex and amygdala play a role in mood when there is sleep deprivation.
Subtopic on how sleep loss causes a loss in emotional regulation.
At some point talk about the spiral of bad mood and sleep deprivation and how to break free from it. Essentially bad mood leads to less sleep and less sleep caused bad mood, creating this cycle. then talk about breaking out of the cycle would lead to a better mood and sleep. The New York Times article is associated with point.
Talk about how good quality sleep can lead to a better mood.
Give a conclusion which summarizes the key points of the paper, reiterate the thesis
This is a general thesis and outline, it can be changed if you’d like.
These are the 6 approved sources
Caron, Christina. “Your First Step toward a Better Mood.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 19 Feb. 2024, www.nytimes.com/2024/02/19/well/mind/sleep-mental-health-insomnia.html.
Demichelis, Olivia P., et al. “Emotion Regulation Mediates the Effects of Sleep on Stress and Aggression.” Wiley Online Library, 16 Nov. 2021, onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jsr.13787.
Parsons, Christine E., et al. “Sleep Quality Is Associated with Emotion Experience and Adaptive Regulation of Positive Emotion: An Experience Sampling Study.” Wiley Online Library, 8 Dec. 2021, onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jsr.13533.
Saghir, Zahid, et al. “The Amygdala, Sleep Debt, Sleep Deprivation, and the Emotion of Anger: A Possible Connection?” The National Center for Biotechnology, U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2 July 2018, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6122651/.
Tomaso, Cara C, et al. “The Effect of Sleep Deprivation and Restriction on Mood, Emotion, and Emotion Regulation: Three Meta-Analyses in One.” The Effect of Sleep Deprivation and Restriction on Mood, Emotion, and Emotion Regulation: Three Meta-Analyses in One, U.S. National Library of Medicine, 11 June 2021, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8193556/.
Triantafillou, Sofia, et al. “Relationship between Sleep Quality and Mood: Ecological Momentary Assessment Study.” JMIR Mental Health, U.S. National Library of Medicine, 27 Mar. 2019, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6456824/.
You can change the outline, thesis and points if you’d like and use different sources accordingly. But for different sources please let me know so I can get it approved first. Thank you
