Sleep and Behavior Problems Among Preschoolers
作者:
JOHN LAVIGNE,
RICHARD AREND,
DIANE ROSENBAUM,
ANDY SMITH,
MARC WEISSBLUTH,
HELEN BINNS,
KATHERINE CHRISTOFFEL,
期刊:
Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics
(OVID Available online 1999)
卷期:
Volume 20,
issue 3
页码: 164-169
ISSN:0196-206X
年代: 1999
出版商: OVID
关键词: sleep;behavior problems;preschool children
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
This study described the relationship between amount of sleep and behavior problems among preschoolers. Participants were 510 children aged 2 to 5 years who were enrolled through 68 private pediatric practices. Parents reported on the amount of sleep their child obtained at night and in 24-hour periods. With demographic variables controlled, regression models were used to determine whether sleep was associated with behavior problems. The relationship between less sleep at night and the presence of a DSM-III-R psychiatric diagnosis was significant (odds ratio = 1.23,p= .026). Less night sleep (p< .0001) and less sleep in a 24-hour period (p< .004) were associated with increased total behavior problems on the Child Behavior Checklist; less night sleep (p< .0002) and less 24-hour sleep (p< .004) were also associated with more externalizing problems on that measure. Further research is needed to ascertain whether sleep is playing a causal role in the increase of behavior problems.
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