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Area of Science:

  • Psychiatry
  • Sleep Medicine
  • Epidemiology

Background:

  • The relationship between sleep difficulties and emotional disorders is acknowledged but not fully understood.
  • The COVID-19 pandemic offered a unique context to study sleep and psychological symptoms.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the bidirectional relationship between insomnia and depressive symptoms.
  • To analyze symptom changes over one year during the pandemic.

Main Methods:

  • 1200 adults were followed for one year using online data collection.
  • Insomnia and depressive symptoms were assessed at eight time points.
  • A random intercept cross-lagged panel model analyzed within-person relationships.

Main Results:

  • Depressive symptoms significantly predicted subsequent increases in insomnia symptoms.
  • Insomnia symptoms did not predict subsequent changes in depressive symptoms.

Conclusions:

  • Depressive symptoms impact insomnia, but not vice versa.
  • Findings suggest depression is a key target for managing insomnia, and vice versa.