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Investigating insomnia as a cross-sectional and longitudinal predictor of loneliness: Findings from six samples.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A systematic review of longitudinal risk and protective factors for loneliness in youth.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2024Pooled it
- Efficacy of eHealth Versus In-Person Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Equivalence.JMIR mental health · 2024Pooled it
- Sleep characteristics and risk factors in patients of insomnia comorbid with anxiety.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Reciprocal effects between loneliness and sleep disturbances from adolescence to mid-adulthood: the HUNT study.Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society · 2026Article
- Understanding Latine disparities in nocturnal wakefulness as a suicide risk factor.Sleep epidemiology · 2025Article
- Screen time and insomnia among college students: the moderating effect of loneliness.Journal of American college health : J of ACH · 2025Article
- Longitudinal relationship between anxiety and sleep quality in community residents: the mediating effect of loneliness.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- From sleeplessness to solitude: emotional repair as a buffer between insomnia and loneliness in university students.Frontiers in sleep · 2025Article
- Chain mediation of subjective assessment of insomnia and physical health in the relationship between loneliness and life satisfaction in undergraduate students: a biopsychosocial model of well-being.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Associations of perceived stress with loneliness and depressive symptoms: the mediating role of sleep quality.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- The Migrant-Local Difference in the Relationship Between Social Support, Sleep Disturbance, and Loneliness Among Older Adults in China: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Article
- Sleep and Inflammation during COVID-19 Virtual Learning in Adolescents with Overweight or Obesity.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The transition to civilian life: Impact of comorbid PTSD, chronic pain, and sleep disturbance on veterans' social functioning and suicidal ideation.Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy · 2023Article
- Effect of Sleep Quality on Anxiety and Depression Symptoms among College Students in China's Xizang Region: The Mediating Effect of Cognitive Emotion Regulation.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Sleep quality and in-person versus online social interaction during the early COVID-19 pandemic lockdown: Impact on affect and interpersonal needs among young adults.Psychiatry research communications · 2023Article
- Insomnia among community members in Florida: Associations with demographics, health conditions, and social support.Journal of clinical and translational science · 2023Article
- Using structural equation modeling to explore the influences of physical activity, mental health, well-being, and loneliness on Douyin usage at bedtime.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Mental Health in the Time of Coronavirus Disease 2019.The journal for nurse practitioners : JNP · 2022Article
- Posttraumatic stress disorder, complex PTSD and subtypes of loneliness among older adults.Journal of clinical psychology · 2022Article
- Effects of COVID-19-Related Anxiety and Sleep Problems on Loneliness and Feelings of School Refusal in Adolescents.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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Abstract
Loneliness has been repeatedly associated with sleep problems; however, there is a dearth of research examining the prospective relationship between insomnia and loneliness, as well as this association controlling for other psychiatric symptoms. This study evaluated the cross-sectional and prospective relationship between insomnia and loneliness using six samples: 666 undergraduates; 2785 Army recruiters; 208 adults with a history of suicidality and/or depression; 343 adult psychiatric outpatients; 326 young adults at elevated suicide risk; and 183 undergraduates. A meta-analysis also was conducted to examine the magnitude of the relationship between insomnia and loneliness across the six studies. More severe insomnia symptoms were significantly associated with greater feelings of loneliness while accounting for some (e.g., anxiety, nightmares) but not all (i.e., depression) psychiatric covariates. Findings underscore the strength of the association between insomnia and loneliness and suggest that depression may account for this relationship. Additional studies are needed to further establish the temporal relationship between these variables, delineate the role of depression in the association between insomnia and loneliness, and test whether insomnia may confer unique risk for subsequent loneliness.
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