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Vulnerability to stress-related sleep disturbance and insomnia: Investigating the link with comorbid depressive symptoms.

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: = 2.97) from the Colorado Longitudinal Twin Study and Community Twin Study. Results indicated that greater sleep reactivity was significantly associated with elevated depressive symptoms, and that this link was partially mediated by insomnia. This is one of the first studies to demonstrate an independent association between sleep reactivity and depressive symptomatology. These findings suggest that a greater sensitivity to stress-related sleep disturbance may also be a predisposing factor to depression, and highlight the need for a better understanding of sleep reactivity, as it may represent a more global vulnerability construct.

Source: Translational Issues in Psychological Science

DOI: 10.1037/tps0000015

Authors: Ivan Vargas, Naomi P. Friedman, Christopher L. Drake

Institutions: University of Michigan, University of Colorado Boulder, Henry Ford Health, Henry Ford Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Sleep and related disorders

Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse