Temporal network of experience sampling methodology identifies sleep disturbance as a central symptom in generalized anxiety disorder

Table 1 Descriptive statistics for individual symptoms in overall sample (N = 115)

Symptom	Range	Mean	SD	Out-strength	In-strength
Excessive worry	1–7	3.91	1.60	0.10	0.32
Uncontrollable worry	1–7	3.67	1.69	0.17	0.33
Restlessness	1–7	3.43	1.67	0.08	0.32
Fatigue	1–7	4.02	1.70	0.23	0.50
Difficulty concentrating	1–7	3.65	1.69	0.14	0.32
Irritability	1–7	3.03	1.67	0	0.19
Muscle tension	1–7	2.82	1.55	0.04	0.19
Sleep disturbance	1–7	3.73	1.83	1.41	0

Note Out-strength represents the sum of absolute values of significant edges from a given symptom (excluding autocorrelation) and In-strength represents the sum of absolute values of significant edges to a given symptom (excluding autocorrelation) in the temporal network

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