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The association between chronotype and suicidality among students of the medicine and psychology faculties – the mediating role of general mental health indices
How being a morning or evening person relates to suicidal thoughts in medical and psychology students, with mental health playing a role
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Abstract
Data from 289 students indicate that a preference for eveningness is associated with increased suicidality.
- Somatic symptoms, anxiety/insomnia, and depressive symptoms fully mediated the relationship between chronotype and suicidality.
- Depressive symptoms had the strongest effect size of mediation among the factors evaluated.
- Social dysfunction was linked to both eveningness and suicidality but did not mediate their relationship.
- The findings suggest a need to consider mental health factors beyond depressive symptoms when examining suicidality and chronotype in students.
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