Associations between chronotype and psychiatric symptoms across the adult lifespan.

ABSTRACT: Chronotype, the individual propensity towards morningness or eveningness, is a transdiagnostic factor implicated in mental health. How chronotype covaries with distinct psychiatric symptoms across the adult lifespan remains underinvestigated. In this cross-sectional study, 428 participants (18-70 years, evenly distributed across five age groups; 282 women, 143 men, other gender identity) completed the Reduced Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire to approximate chronotype, and 11 validated scales assessing common psychiatric symptoms. Regression analyses and generalized additive models (GAMs) were used to examine linear and nonlinear relationships between chronotype, age, and psychiatric symptoms. Eveningness was associated with (in decreasing order of strength): emotion dysregulation, att

SUBMITTER: Axelsson J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12689609 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature