ArticleJournal of affective disorders2021
The Rhythm is Gonna Get You: Social Rhythms, Sleep, Depressive, and Anxiety Symptoms.
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- Social Rhythms, Depressive Symptoms, and Quality of Life: An Unbreakable Bond in an Older Adult Sample.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Observational
- Association between irregular social rhythm and all-cause mortality, death by illness, suicide and accidental death: a 19-year community-based cohort study in Japan.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Association between biological rhythm disruption and suicidal ideation in patients with major depressive disorder: a chain mediation of neuroticism and emotion regulation difficulties.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Personalised modelling of routine variability and affective states.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
- Exploring the clinical utility of rhythmic digital markers for schizophrenia.PLOS digital health · 2025Article
- An exploratory pilot study on social rhythm regularity, and its associations with sleep, circadian, affective, and alcohol use outcomes in late adolescents.Journal of sleep research · 2025Article
- Mapping the Neural Basis of Wake Onset Regularity and Its Effects on Sleep Quality and Positive Affect.Clocks & sleep · 2025Article
- Behavioral-Social Rhythms and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Retired Night Shift Workers and Retired Day Workers.Psychosomatic medicine · 2024Article
- A translationally informed approach to vital signs for psychiatry: a preliminary proof of concept.NPP - digital psychiatry and neuroscience · 2024Article
- Investigating the reciprocity between cognition and behavior in adaptation to large-scale disasters.Npj mental health research · 2023Article
- Coping resources mediate the prospective associations between disrupted daily routines and persistent psychiatric symptoms: A population-based cohort study.Journal of psychiatric research · 2022Article
- Lifestyle Factors and Sleep Health across the Lifespan.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- The Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Regulates Anxiety-Like Behavior in Mice.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundSocial rhythmicity refers to the regularity with which one engages in social and lifestyle activities. Social rhythms have important implications for health and well-being including the prevention and treatment of mental health disorders. Existing research on social rhythmicity has focused on the link with bipolar disorder and, to a lesser extent, with depression. However, it is unclear how social rhythms are tied to anxiety disorders or what might mediate this association. Sleep shows potential as an underlying link, particularly sleep behaviors and sleep thoughts.
methodsThe current study used a sample of 3,284 adults to examine the role of sleep thoughts and behaviors as mediators of the association between social rhythms and mental health symptoms of depression and anxiety.
resultsParallel mediation models revealed that greater social rhythmicity is directly associated with fewer depressive and anxiety symptoms, and that healthier sleep behaviors and thoughts mediate this association. LIMITATIONS: This study used cross-sectional data and was limited in racial and ethnic diversity.
conclusionsThe findings highlight the critical role lifestyle regularity plays in depressive and anxious symptom pathology in a large sample of adults across the lifespan. Results also highlight the complementary roles for both sleep behaviors and thoughts by demonstrating their concurrent links between regularity and mental health. Future work is needed to further disentangle the association of these constructs with mental health.
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