{"title":"Exploring chronotype, sleep disturbances, and temperament in adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.","authors":"İrem Cihanyurdu Erdem, Aliye Tuğba Bahadır","doi":"10.1080/07420528.2025.2511269","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07420528.2025.2511269","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to explore sleep problems, chronotype, and temperament traits between adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and healthy controls, and to examine how these variables relate within the ADHD group. One hundred and two adolescents with ADHD aged 11-17 recruited from Marmara University Pendik Training and Research Hospital Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic and 101 age and gender matched healthy controls participated in the study. Assessments included the Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (K-SADS-PL), Junior Temperament and Character Inventory-Revised (J-TCI-R), Children's Chronotype Questionnaire (CCTQ), and Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC). Adolescents with ADHD showed significantly higher rates of sleep disturbances and a greater prevalence of evening chronotype (63.7%) compared to controls. ADHD participants scored higher in novelty seeking and harm avoidance, while controls exhibited greater persistence and self-directedness. Notably, novelty seeking was pronounced in those with an evening chronotype and positively correlated with sleep disturbances, including difficulties initiating and maintaining sleep. Logistic regression analyses indicated that novelty seeking and age significantly predicted evening chronotype, while linear regression revealed that both novelty seeking and M/E scores predicted SDSC total scores. The findings underscore the clinical significance of addressing the interplay between chronotype, sleep disturbances, and temperament traits in adolescents with ADHD.</p>","PeriodicalId":10294,"journal":{"name":"Chronobiology International","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144179512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Arcady A Putilov, Evgeniy G Verevkin, Dmitry S Sveshnikov, Zarina V Bakaeva, Elena B Yakunina, Olga V Mankaeva, Vladimir I Torshin, Elena A Trutneva, Michael M Lapkin, Zhanna N Lopatskaya, Roman O Budkevich, Elena V Budkevich, Marina P Dyakovich, Olga G Donskaya, Alexandra N Puchkova, Vladimir B Dorokhov
{"title":"Estimation of sleep shortening and sleep phase advancing in response to advancing risetimes on weekdays.","authors":"Arcady A Putilov, Evgeniy G Verevkin, Dmitry S Sveshnikov, Zarina V Bakaeva, Elena B Yakunina, Olga V Mankaeva, Vladimir I Torshin, Elena A Trutneva, Michael M Lapkin, Zhanna N Lopatskaya, Roman O Budkevich, Elena V Budkevich, Marina P Dyakovich, Olga G Donskaya, Alexandra N Puchkova, Vladimir B Dorokhov","doi":"10.1080/07420528.2025.2509629","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07420528.2025.2509629","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Since the circadian clocks cannot directly respond to the signals of social clocks, earlier risetimes on weekdays lead to loss of certain amount of sleep. However, these clocks can partly reduce this loss by advancing sleep phase due to advancing the pattern of 24-h exposure to light caused by earlier risetimes. In an <i>in silico</i> study, a model of sleep-wake regulation was applied to show that the difference between earlier and later weekday risers in weekday risetime is equal to the sum of differences between them in sleep loss and sleep phase advance that can be measured as their differences in weekend-weekday gap in risetime and in weekend risetimes, respectively. Such differences in sleep loss and sleep phase advance were estimated from bed- and risetimes self-reported for weekdays and weekends by 4940 university students and lecturers subdivided into subsamples with different weekday risetimes and chronotypes. We also estimated, for these subsamples, the percentages of weekday sleep insufficiency and circadian misalignment determined as a less than 6 hours in bed on weekdays and a larger than 3-h weekend-weekday gap in risetime, respectively. Additionally, advance phase shifts of the circadian clocks were predicted by model-based simulations of self-reported sleep times.</p>","PeriodicalId":10294,"journal":{"name":"Chronobiology International","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144180449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of chronotype on depression: The mediating roles of rumination and perceived stress.","authors":"Haowen Zou, Xumiao Wang, Ciqing Bao, Hao Sun, Qiudong Xia, Zhilu Chen, Hongliang Zhou, Rui Yan, LingLing Hua, Domenica Veniero, Qing Lu, Zhijian Yao","doi":"10.1080/07420528.2025.2511263","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07420528.2025.2511263","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Chronotype represents an independent risk factor for depression, yet the psychological mechanisms underlying this association remain unclear. Potential mediators may include social jetlag (SJL), sleep quality, rumination, and perceived stress. Thus, this China-based study enrolled 122 patients with Depressive Episode (DE) and 126 healthy Controls (HC), assessing participants using: the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQ), Munich Chronotype Questionnaire (MCTQ), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Ruminative Response Scale (RRS), and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). Partial Spearman correlations examined relationships between BDI scores, chronotype, sleep quality, rumination, and perceived stress within each group. Mediation analyses employed MEQ scores as the independent variable and diagnostic status (DE vs HC) as the dependent variable, with moderated mediation analyses assessing age, sex, and work status influences. Results revealed significant indirect effects of chronotype on depression status through: sleep quality, symptom rumination, brooding, reflective pondering, PSS scores, perceived helplessness, and perceived self-efficacy. These mediating effects were moderated by sex or work status, but not age. The demonstrated association between evening chronotype and increased depression risk suggests that clinical interventions targeting sleep improvement, rumination reduction, and stress coping enhancement may be particularly beneficial for such individuals experiencing depressive symptoms.</p>","PeriodicalId":10294,"journal":{"name":"Chronobiology International","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144179859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A comprehensive examination of circadian rhythm and tryptophan pathway parameters: Assessing their role in predicting bipolar disorder in patients, siblings, and controls.","authors":"Emine Yavuz Ataşlar, Kürşat Altınbaş","doi":"10.1080/07420528.2025.2509623","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07420528.2025.2509623","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The complex interplay between sleep, circadian rhythms, and tryptophan pathway metabolites in bipolar disorder (BD) remains poorly understood. This study examined these mechanisms in euthymic individuals with BD (n = 20), their unaffected siblings (n = 20), and healthy controls (n = 24). Subjective and objective sleep and circadian rhythm parameters were assessed using questionnaires and actigraphy, alongside plasma measurements of tryptophan (TRP), kynurenine (KYN), kynurenic acid (KYNA), 3-hydroxykynurenine (3-HK), 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid (3-HAA), and quinolinic acid (QUIN). Compared to controls, both BD patients and siblings showed reduced sleep efficiency and increased wake after sleep onset. Patients had longer time in bed, whereas siblings had shorter total sleep time. Elevated KYN/TRP ratios were found in both groups. Higher 3-HAA levels predicted both BD and sibling status, while increased QUIN levels were specific to BD. Lasso regression identified 12 variables associated with BD and 6 with sibling status. These results suggest that altered tryptophan metabolism and circadian disruption may contribute to the pathophysiology of BD and familial risk, providing potential biomarkers for early identification and intervention.</p>","PeriodicalId":10294,"journal":{"name":"Chronobiology International","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144181507","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire: Reliability and factorial structure of the full and reduced versions in Spanish adolescents.","authors":"José Luís Manjón-Caballero, Juan F Díaz-Morales","doi":"10.1080/07420528.2025.2509634","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07420528.2025.2509634","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study analyzed the suitability of the Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQ) for Spanish adolescents, focusing on reliability, structure, and age/sex invariance. 2,268 adolescents (49.1% girls, aged 12-17) participated. Four MEQ items were unsuitable, leading to a 15-item version (MEQ-15) with good reliability and fit to a bifactor model: general morningness-eveningness factor and awakening time, sleep time, and time of greatest efficiency factors. The reduced MEQ (rMEQ) also fit a one-factor model. Sex and age invariance were tenable for the general factor of MEQ-15 and rMEQ. Morningness declines during adolescence, with boys showing more morningness than girls. Both versions show good psychometric properties.</p>","PeriodicalId":10294,"journal":{"name":"Chronobiology International","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144157142","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Patricia Fuentes-Bullejos, David Melguizo-Melguizo, María Carmen Lorenzo-Lozano, Alfonso Luis Blázquez-Manzanera
{"title":"Population-level analysis of circadian variations in blood cells.","authors":"Patricia Fuentes-Bullejos, David Melguizo-Melguizo, María Carmen Lorenzo-Lozano, Alfonso Luis Blázquez-Manzanera","doi":"10.1080/07420528.2025.2511266","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07420528.2025.2511266","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Knowledge of circadian rhythms is crucial in laboratory medicine to understand disease pathophysiologies and improve patient diagnoses and treatments. Here, we aim to determine whether circadian variations in blood cells are present at a population level and assess whether these rhythms are consistent with those reported previously in individuals. In a retrospective observational study we employed blood sample data analyzed at a local emergency laboratory over a period of 7 years, including the number of blood cells, time of sample collection, and patient age (between 18 and 85 years). Data showing cell counts outside the normal range were excluded, yielding a dataset consisting of 189,635 individual data points from 164,982 different patients. Records were grouped into 30-min intervals to determine their temporal distribution and average wave. We detected a circadian rhythm in all studied blood cell types (<i>p</i> < 0.01), with all except neutrophils peaking during the resting phase and exhibiting minimum values during the activity phase. Results were confirmed through parametric and nonparametric analyses. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a significant circadian rhythm in blood cells at population level. The observed temporal variations at population level are comparable to those previously described for individuals.</p>","PeriodicalId":10294,"journal":{"name":"Chronobiology International","volume":" ","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144157152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The circadian rhythm of human body temperature - Clinical implications and review of the literature.","authors":"Ivayla I Geneva","doi":"10.1080/07420528.2025.2511268","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07420528.2025.2511268","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Human body temperature remains an essential vital sign that had been used to judge our health given its strong correlation with human disease. Body temperature is also a manifestation of our circadian rhythm, with a predictable rise during the day peaking in the evenings and steady decrease during the night reaching a minimum around the time of awakening. Yet, the rhythm is believed to be endogenous and to exist independently of any external stimuli, including day light. Human illnesses such as infections, autoimmune conditions, and cancer had been associated with a disruption in the circadian rhythm. This is of significant clinical interest because measurements of the specific disruptions of the rhythm appear to carry diagnostic and prognostic value. This is a review of the literature with a focus on the determinants of human body temperature and the circadian rhythm of body temperature. The last section provides potential new research avenues in our search for chronotherapy clinical applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":10294,"journal":{"name":"Chronobiology International","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144157154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hessa Abdulla Bugahoos, Ameena Duaij Albinjasim, Yasmin AlMashouk, Abdulmajeed Abdullah Alghamdi, Achraf Ammar, Hadeel Ghazzawi, Khaled Trabelsi, Jamie Byrne, Michael V Vitiello, Haitham Jahrami
{"title":"Validating an Arabic translation of the Sleep, Circadian Rhythms, and Mood (SCRAM) questionnaire.","authors":"Hessa Abdulla Bugahoos, Ameena Duaij Albinjasim, Yasmin AlMashouk, Abdulmajeed Abdullah Alghamdi, Achraf Ammar, Hadeel Ghazzawi, Khaled Trabelsi, Jamie Byrne, Michael V Vitiello, Haitham Jahrami","doi":"10.1080/07420528.2025.2510501","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07420528.2025.2510501","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study translated the Sleep, Circadian Rhythms, and Mood (SCRAM) questionnaire into Arabic and evaluated the psychometric properties and conceptual validity of the Arabic version. This process involved forward translation, back-translation, research team review, and pretesting of the Arabic SCRAM. A sample of 649 adults completed the Arabic SCRAM along with validation measures of sleep disturbances (Jenkins Sleep Scale: JSS) and depression severity (Patient Health Questionnaire: PHQ-9). Psychometric analyses included descriptive statistics, reliability analysis, test re-test, confirmatory factor analysis, and tests of convergent validity. The sample (77% female, mean age 26.31 years, range 18-47 years) demonstrated normal score distributions and adequate reliability on the Arabic SCRAM subscales. A three-factor structure was confirmed, aligning with the original English version. The Good Sleep and Depressed Mood subscales showed good convergence with the JSS and PHQ-9 scores, respectively. The Morningness subscale was not tested in the present research for convergent validity against other measures. The results provide preliminary support for a three-factor structure of the Arabic version of the SCRAM, with improved reliability indices (McDonald's <i>ω</i> ≈ 0.70) after removing three culturally non-optimal items; further validation is recommended before confirming these modifications.</p>","PeriodicalId":10294,"journal":{"name":"Chronobiology International","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144157156","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chronotype and sleep disturbances: A comparative analysis of sluggish cognitive tempo and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.","authors":"Yadigar Düğüncü Terlemez, Nagihan Cevher Binici, Ali Evren Tufan, Çisel Yazan Songür, Fatma Sibel Durak","doi":"10.1080/07420528.2025.2509625","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07420528.2025.2509625","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recent investigations into Sluggish Cognitive Tempo (SCT), also known as Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome, have primarily focused on its association with ADHD. However, emerging evidence suggests SCT may be a distinct clinical entity, despite frequent co-occurrence with ADHD symptomatology. While ADHD studies have elucidated sleep patterns and chronotype preferences, SCT research has largely focused on ADHD-comorbid cases, providing limited data on community-based adolescents and adults. This study aims to investigate sleep disturbances and chronotype characteristics in individuals with pure SCT compared to those with ADHD and healthy controls within a clinical sample. We utilized the DSM-IV-based Disruptive Behavior Disorders Rating Scale (DBDRS-parent and teacher form), Barkley Sluggish Cognitive Tempo Scale (BSCTS), the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children-Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS), Children's Sleep Habit Questionnaire, and Children's Chronotype Questionnaire for the evaluation of children with SCT, ADHD, and healthy controls. Our findings revealed shorter sleep duration in ADHD (n: 67) children compared to both SCT (n: 50) and healthy controls (n: 50), with no significant difference between SCT and healthy controls (<i>p</i> < 0.001). Eveningness tendencies were highest in SCT but also elevated in ADHD compared to controls (<i>p</i> < 0.001). Additionally, daytime sleepiness was highest in SCT and higher in ADHD than controls (<i>p</i> < 0.001). Regression analyses demonstrated that SCT severity predicted both daytime sleepiness and eveningness.</p>","PeriodicalId":10294,"journal":{"name":"Chronobiology International","volume":" ","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144141868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Abrupt change in the timing of the day/night negatively affects sleep behaviour and cognitive performance in diurnal zebra finches.","authors":"Ashwani Kumar, Mayank Kumar, Vatsala Tripathi, Abhilash Prabhat, Sanjay Kumar Bhardwaj","doi":"10.1080/07420528.2025.2506630","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07420528.2025.2506630","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We investigated the consequence of abrupt directional shifts in the timing of light (hence darkness) period on sleep behaviour, novel object exploration and cognitive performance in diurnal zebra finches maintained under an equinox (12:12h LD) photoperiod. To two cohorts of birds (<i>n</i> = 80), the timing of 12 h light-on (hence of the darkness) for a week was either advanced by 6 h by reducing the dark period or delayed by 6 h by lengthening the dark period, with controls maintained on LD cycle as before. The first cohort of birds were examined for the effects on 24 h activity and feeding behaviors, while the second cohorts of birds were examined for the effects on sleep, neophobia and cognitive performance; the latter two were tested by the novel object exploration and spatial learning, respectively. The abrupt LD cycle shifts negatively affected sleep behaviour and cognition, as evidenced by behavioral and gene expression assays. There was a significant decrease in the mRNA expression levels of gene coding for the tyrosine hydroxylase (<i>TH</i>, the regulatory enzyme of the dopamine synthesis), cAMP response element binding protein (<i>CREB</i>), and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (<i>BDNF</i>) in hippocampus and <i>TH</i> alone in midbrain. These results support growing evidence of negative effects on behaviour and advanced brain functions in a diurnal species exposed to abrupt shifts in 24 h LD cycles.</p>","PeriodicalId":10294,"journal":{"name":"Chronobiology International","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144126870","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}