Sub-types of insomnia in adolescents: Insights from a quantitative/molecular twin study

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Bringing you some selected Open Access journal papers from our portfolio; The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (JCPP), Child and Adolescent Mental Health journal (CAMH), and JCPP Advances.

Posted on 6 May 2023

Tags: Heritability, Insomnia… Show all

Topics: Heritability, Insomnia
Populations: Adolescents
Publication Types: Cohort study, Journal article, Twin study

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‘Sub-types of insomnia in adolescents: Insights from a quantitative/molecular twin study’

Open Access paper from JCPP Advances

Insomnia with short sleep duration has been postulated as more severe than that accompanied by normal/long sleep length. While the short duration subtype is considered to have greater genetic influence than the other subtype, no studies have addressed this question. This study aimed to compare these subtypes in terms of: (1) the heritability of insomnia symptoms; (2) polygenic scores (PGS) for insomnia symptoms and sleep duration; (3) the associations between insomnia symptoms and a wide variety of traits/disorders.

Authors: Juan J. Madrid-Valero, Frühling Rijsdijk, Saskia Selzam, Helena M. S. Zavos, Melanie Schneider, Angelica Ronald, Alice M. Gregory