@article{ref1,
title="The association between chronotype and suicidality among students of the medicine and psychology faculties - the mediating role of general mental health indices",
journal="Chronobiology international",
year="2021",
author="Pietras, Tadeusz and Witusik, Andrzej and Koprowicz, Jacek and Nowakowska-Domagała, Katarzyna and Mokros, Łukasz",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether anxiety and insomnia symptoms, somatic symptoms, and social dysfunction mediate the link between chronotype and  suicidality, as depressive symptoms are known to do, among students of the faculties  of Medicine and Psychology. Data from a total of 289 students were eligible for the  analysis. The students completed the Suicide Behaviors Questionnaire - Revised,  Composite Scale of Morningness, General Health Questionnaire. Single-predictor  linear regression models were created to predict suicidality, with a subsequent  mediation analysis. A preference toward eveningness was associated with an increase  in suicidality Somatic symptoms, anxiety/insomnia, and depressive symptoms fully  mediated the relationship between chronotype and suicidality. Depressive symptoms  were found to present the strongest effect size of mediation. Social dysfunction was  associated with both eveningness and suicidality, but did not play a mediating role. There might be a need to evaluate nonpsychotic mental health indices other than  depressive symptoms when assessing the link between suicidality and chronotype among  students of the faculties of Medicine and Psychology.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0742-0528",
doi="10.1080/07420528.2020.1865393",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07420528.2020.1865393"
}