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ABSTRACT
Modern societies grapple with an escalating prevalence of sleep problems and addiction. This nexus warrants exploration, particularly concerning preventive strategies. Hence, this study endeavors to elucidate the interplay between sleep problems, social jet lag, chronotype, and addiction susceptibility. The present research, applying a cross-sectional correlational design, employed 180 Iranian adults through internet invitations. Research data were collected using the Iranian Addiction Potential Scale (IAPS), MCTQ, ESS, and rMEQ. The findings highlight the predictive role of ESS, weekly sleep duration, social jet lag, and rMEQ in addiction potential. It is worth mentioning that there was no significant association between MSFsc and morning/evening chronotype and addiction potential. The results indicate the importance of identifying and supporting individuals predisposed to addiction. According to the results, it seems that sleep problems, sleep duration, and social jet lag are more important variables in preventing addiction, so sleep hygiene programs are suggested.
Acknowledgments
We would like to thank all the participants who made this study possible.
Disclosure statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).
Ethical approval
The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Shahroud University of medical sciences (IR.SHMU.REC.1397.056).
Abbreviations
| MSFsc | = | midpoint of sleep on free days corrected for sleep debt accumulated through weekdays |
| AP | = | Addiction Potential |
| AA | = | Active Addiction |
| PA | = | Passive Addiction |
| IQR | = | Inter Quartile Range |
| SEf | = | sleep end on free days |
| SDw | = | sleep duration on weekdays |
| SDweek | = | Average weekly sleep duration |
| Sjl | = | social jetlag |
| ESS | = | Epworth Sleepiness Scale |
| Sow | = | sleep onset on weekdays |
| Sew | = | sleep end on weekdays |
| MSw | = | mid-sleep on weekdays |
| Sof | = | sleep onset on free days |
| SDf | = | sleep duration on free days |
| MSf | = | mid-sleep on free days |
| Rfjl | = | Relative social jetlag |
| Sloss | = | sleep loss |
| rMEQ | = | reduced Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire |