Modeling the direction of causation between cross-sectional measures of disrupted sleep, anxiety and depression in a sample of male and female Australian twins

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 675-683

  Gillespie, Nathan A ^a,b   Gehrman, Philip ^c   Byrne, Enda M ^b   Kendler, Kenneth S ^b,d   Heath, Andrew C ^e   Martin, Nicholas G ^b  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Direction of causation; Disrupted sleep; Environment; Genes; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870237725     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2012.01026.x     Document Type: Article

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