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Differential associations between chronotype, anxiety, and negative affect: A structural equation modeling approach.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Increasing evidence implicates circadian rhythms, including chronotype, in anxiety symptoms and disorders. However, it remains unclear whether this relation is accounted for by sleep disturbance. Likewise, given overlap between anxiety and negative affect, a unique link between chronotype and anxiety remains to be established. The present study addressed these questions using a multimethod approach to determine whether there is a unique relation between chronotype and anxiety symptoms, controlling for sleep disturbance. METHODS:Indicators of chronotype, sleep disturbance, anxiety, and negative affect were collected in a sample of adults (N?=?151) using a combination of subjective and behavioral measures both within and outside the laboratory over a 9-day period. Structural equation modeling was used to examine associations between latent constructs. RESULTS:Results revealed significant associations between sleep disturbance and both anxiety and negative affect. A significant association was found between chronotype and anxiety, over and above the effect of sleep disturbance. In contrast, the relation between chronotype and negative affect was nonsignificant after controlling for sleep disturbance. LIMITATIONS:Unselected sample, lack of experimental manipulation, cross-sectional design. CONCLUSIONS:These findings suggest a unique role of chronotype in anxiety and point to circadian disruption as a potential biological mechanism in anxiety-related disorders.

SUBMITTER: Cox RC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6711779 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Differential associations between chronotype, anxiety, and negative affect: A structural equation modeling approach.

Cox Rebecca C RC Olatunji Bunmi O BO

Journal of affective disorders 20190705

<h4>Background</h4>Increasing evidence implicates circadian rhythms, including chronotype, in anxiety symptoms and disorders. However, it remains unclear whether this relation is accounted for by sleep disturbance. Likewise, given overlap between anxiety and negative affect, a unique link between chronotype and anxiety remains to be established. The present study addressed these questions using a multimethod approach to determine whether there is a unique relation between chronotype and anxiety ...[more]

PMID: 31302521

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