ArticleNpj mental health research2024
Sleep quality mediates the association between chronotype and mental health in young Indian adults.
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- Circadian rhythmicity in prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle response: A study of chronotype and time-of-day effects in young healthy adults.Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
- The Association Between Mental Health Indices and the Chronotypes Measured by Single-Item Chronotyping in Young Adults.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
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- The relationship between chronotype, insomnia and depressive symptoms in Chinese male prisoners.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- The hidden clock: how chronotype is related to depression, anxiety, and stress in adolescents - insights from the EHDLA study.International journal of mental health systems · 2025Article
- Association Among BMI, Self-Esteem, and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in Young Adults to Understand the Influence of Socioenvironmental Factors: Longitudinal Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2025Article
- Sleep Matters in Chronotype and Mental Health Association: Evidence from the UK and Germany.Brain sciences · 2024Article
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Abstract
There is increasing recognition of 'higher preference for eveningness' as a potential independent risk factor for poor mental health. To examine the chronotype-mental health relationship while also quantifying the potential roles of poor sleep quality, relevant personality traits, and childhood trauma, we assessed 282 young adults (18-40 years; 195 females) residing in North India, between January and March 2023 (to control for seasonal variation), using self-report measures of diurnal preference, sleep patterns, mental health (depression, anxiety, and stress), personality traits (extraversion, neuroticism, schizotypy, and impulsivity), and childhood trauma. The results showed a significant association between eveningness and poor mental health but this association was fully mediated by poor sleep quality. Neuroticism, emotional abuse and cognitive disorganisation were correlated with eveningness as well as with poor mental health and sleep quality. Neuroticism and emotional abuse, but not cognitive disorganisation, also had indirect effects on mental health via sleep quality. Our findings highlight the crucial role played by sleep quality in the chronotype-mental health relationship.
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