Sleep alignment: Congruence between daily perceived sleep quality and global sleep quality mitigated by stress and stress management self-efficacy

Key Points

• The study aims to explore the relationship between daily perceived sleep quality and global sleep quality, focusing on the impact of stress and stress management self-efficacy.
• Examined the relationship between daily perceived sleep quality and global sleep score
• Assessed the role of stress on sleep quality discrepancies
• Evaluated the effect of stress management self-efficacy on these discrepancies
• Stress was found to increase the discrepancy between daily sleep quality and global sleep score
• Higher stress management self-efficacy was linked to reduced discrepancies in sleep quality