ArticlePersonality and individual differences2023
Associations between sleep quality and irritability: Testing the mediating role of emotion regulation.
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- Were there any missing mediators between visual impairment and anxiety symptoms? Results from Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Association between personality characteristics and sleep quality among Chinese middle-aged and older adults: evidence from China family panel studies.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Validation of the Arabic version of the brief irritability test (Ar-BITe) in non-clinical adolescents.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
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Abstract
Objectives: Irritability and sleep problems are common symptoms that span a range of internalizing and externalizing mental health disorders. While poor sleep has been associated with symptoms related to irritability (e.g., anxiety and depression), few studies have directly tested the association between sleep quality and irritability and whether the association is direct or mediated by a separate mechanism. Method: The present study used self-report measures to test whether sleep is associated with irritability in 458 adults aged 19-74 years (58 % female; 79 % White), and whether this association is mediated by emotion regulation. Confirmatory factor analyses were carried out to support the use of scores from these measures. Results: Controlling for anxiety and depression symptoms, results showed a direct association between poorer sleep quality and increased irritability (β = 0.25, Conclusions: Our findings underscore the important link between sleep and irritability, both of which are common features of mental health difficulties, prompting further inquiry into the directionality of the findings and potential mediators. This work has notable clinical implications for sleep as a possible intervention target for individuals with high irritability.
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