Publications by authors named "Nema Kebbeh"
Background: This study assessed the associations between children's experiences of discrimination based on race/ethnicity and sexual orientation/gender identity and their parents' anxiety, depressive symptoms, and self-rated health.
Methods: Our sample included 3910 parents with at least one child between 12 and 17 years of age. Data were pooled from the 2021 and 2022 waves of the National Health Interview Survey.
Do sleep and circadian characteristics predict alcohol use in adult drinkers?
Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken)
April 2024
Article Synopsis
- The study explored how baseline sleep and circadian rhythms relate to future alcohol use in healthy adults, focusing on individuals aged 21-42 years.
- Self-reported insomnia and longer sleep duration at baseline were significant predictors of increased alcohol consumption, including weekly drinks and binge episodes, over the following year.
- The findings indicate that insomnia symptoms may be a crucial target for interventions to reduce the risk of alcohol misuse, even more so than circadian factors.
Background: Numerous studies have reported that eveningness is associated with increased alcohol consumption. However, biological markers of circadian timing, such as dim light melatonin onset (DLMO) and circadian photoreceptor responsivity (post-illumination pupil response, PIPR), have rarely been assessed in the context of habitual alcohol consumption. This study aimed to examine sleep, circadian timing, and photoreceptor responsivity in adult alcohol drinkers.
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