ArticleJournal of American college health : J of ACH2025
Insomnia partially mediates the relationship between anxiogenic and depressogenic traits and state anxiety and depression in college students.
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- Sleep Interventions and the Prevention of Pediatric Anxiety: A Systematic Review.Current psychiatry reports · 2026Pooled it
- The Sleep Condition Indicator and the Idiopathic Hypersomnia Severity Scale: Measurement Invariance and an Exploratory Network Approach in a French Sample of University Students.Journal of sleep research · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveInsomnia, anxiety, and depression are common and co-morbid amongst college students. The mechanisms by which trait factors like intolerance of uncertainty and anxiety sensitivity connect to state anxiety and depression is unclear, but insomnia may mediate that relationship.
participantsCollege students (
methodsParticipants completed the Sleep Condition Indicator (SCI), Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS), Anxiety Sensitivity Index (ASI), and Intolerance of Uncertainty Scales (IUS).
resultsAll models predicted a significant amount of variability in state anxiety and depression (
conclusionsOur findings support the role of insomnia in the expression of anxiety and depression in at-risk college students. Clinical sleep intervention, either reactive or prophylactic, may help reduce mental health burden on campus.
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