Adolescent Insomnia and Pain Bidirectional Relationship Mediated by Mood
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A temporal path between sleep and pain, via mood, has been identified in adolescents with insomnia, suggesting that adolescence is a key time in which interventions to prevent chronic insomnia and pain are pivotal, according to research results published in
Pain.
To date, only 1 longitudinal study â and no studies including nonclinical samples â have examined how mood mediates the sleep-pain relationship in adolescents, and only 1 model has addressed the relationship across the lifespan. To rectify this, researchers sought to examine the bidirectional, temporal relationship of insomnia symptoms and pain with depressed mood, anxious mood, and positive affect as mediators.