Cacioppo and Hawkley had shown that loneliness increases the frequency of microawakenings, those near awakenings that disturb the quality and restfulness of sleep.14 This relationship between loneliness and microawakenings was demonstrated in the Hutterite community as well by a team of researchers led by Lianne Kurina and Carole Ober, who also found the Hutterites have significantly lower rates of loneliness than other communities.15 Cacioppo told me that the frequency of microawakenings in the Hutterite community was the lowest of any community he had studied.
