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      Chronotyp und Depression bei Jugendlichen – ein Review

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          Zusammenfassung. Depressive Erkrankungen gehen mit vielen Symptomen einher, die in Bezug zu einer tageszeitlichen Rhythmik und dem Schlafverhalten stehen. Die vielfältigen Zusammenhänge zwischen Schlaf, Depression und Tagesrhythmik sind nicht eindeutig geklärt. In den Forschungsarbeiten der letzten Jahre kommt dem Chronotyp eine besondere Bedeutung zu. Als biologisches Maß der inneren Uhr kann der Chronotyp – basierend auf Schlafzeiten – mit dem Munich ChronoType Questionnaire (MCTQ) bestimmt werden, als subjektive Präferenz für bestimmte Tageszeiten wird er mit dem Morningness-Eveningness-Questionnaire (MEQ) erfasst. Durch eine systematische Literaturrecherche konnten Studien identifiziert werden, die überwiegend einen Zusammenhang zwischen einem späten Chronotyp und depressiven Symptomen und depressiven Störungen zeigen. Dies ist besonders für Jugendliche relevant, da sich der Chronotyp zur Adoleszenz hin stark verändert. Bisher ist nicht geklärt, was am Zusammenhang zwischen Chronotyp und depressiver Störung Ursache und Wirkung ist und welche Faktoren als Moderator oder Mediator fungieren. Möglicherweise ist der Zusammenhang bidirektional: Einerseits ziehen sich Patienten mit depressiven Störungen häufig zurück und sind weniger Tageslicht ausgesetzt, was ihren Chronotyp später werden lässt. Andererseits führt eine Diskrepanz von Innenzeit (festgelegt durch die innere Uhr) und Außenzeit (z. B. durch Schul- und Arbeitszeiten) zu Problemen wie einer verringerten Schlafqualität und schlechteren Schulnoten, die wiederum im Zusammenhang mit Depressivität stehen können.

          Chronotype and depression in adolescents – a review

          Abstract. Many patients with depressive disorders experience symptoms in relation to sleep behavior and daily rhythmicity. However, the multifaceted associations between sleep, depression and circadian rhythms are not fully understood. During the past years, the concept of chronotype has become increasingly popular in research. The Munich Chronotype Questionnaire (MCTQ) derives chronotype from sleep timing on work-free days and therefore represents a biological measure for the circadian clock, whereas the Morningness-Eveningness-Questionnaire (MEQ) assesses chronotype as a subjective preference for different activities at specific times of day. Chronotype changes with age, with adolescents and young adults being especially late types. We conducted a systematic literature research and identified studies that explore the association between chronotype (MEQ, MCTQ) and depressive symptoms or depressive disorders. Most of the studies showed an association between a late chronotype and depressive symptomatology. However, it is still unclear what is cause and effect. We propose a bidirectional relationship: On the one hand, due to reduced social and physical activity, depressed patients get less daylight which causes their chronotype to delay. On the other hand, a discrepancy between internal time (directed by the circadian clock) and external time (such as early school- or work starting times) can cause problems like reduced quality of sleep quality, daytime tiredness and worse grades in school, that are in turn associated with depressive symptoms.

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                Contributors
                Journal
                kij
                Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie
                Hogrefe AG, Bern
                1422-4917
                1664-2880
                17 March 2016
                2016
                : 44
                : 2 , Themenschwerpunkt: Schulabsentismus, Chronotyp und Depression, Stellungnahme zum nicht-medizinischen Cannabis-Konsum
                : 113-126
                Affiliations
                [ 1 ]Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie, Klinikum der Universität München
                [ 2 ]Institut für Medizinische Psychologie, Zentrum für Chronobiologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
                [ a ]Geteilte Erstautorenschaft
                Author notes
                Dipl. Psych. Lena Katharina Keller, Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie, Klinikum der Universität München, Waltherstr. 23, 80337 München, Deutschland, E-Mail lena.keller@ 123456med.uni-muenchen.de
                Article
                kij_44_2_113
                10.1024/1422-4917/a000406
                0ab79c0c-4ff2-423d-b90c-7ed523408e71
                Copyright @ 2016
                History
                : 8. April 2015
                : 3. Juli 2015
                Categories
                Übersichtsarbeit

                Pediatrics,Psychology,Family & Child studies,Development studies,Clinical Psychology & Psychiatry
                Depression,MCTQ ,innere Uhr,sleep,circadian clock, Chronotyp,circadian rhythms, Chronotype,Schlaf,Schlafstörung

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