Sleep Patterns, Sleep Disturbances, and Associated Factors Among Chinese Urban Kindergarten Children.
This study aimed to characterize sleep patterns and disturbances among Chinese urban kindergarten children and examine potentially associated factors. Caregivers of 513 children (47.96% male) aged 3-6 years (mean age = 4.46, SD = 0.9) completed the Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ) and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). Almost 80% (78.8%) of the children scored above the original CSHQ cutoff point for global sleep disturbance. Regression analysis indicated that child's age, and the presence of emotional problems, hyperactivity and peer problems, cosleeping, and interparental inconsistency of attitudes toward child rearing accounted for significant variance in the CSHQ total score (R(2) = 22%). These findings indicate that there is an apparently high prevalence of sleep disturbances in Chinese urban kindergarten children; and sleep disturbances are associated with both child-related and parenting practice variables.
a West China School of Public Health , Sichuan University.|b School of Management , Zunyi Medical University.
Zhijun
Z
Liu
c School of Psychology and Cognitive Science East China Normal University.|d Children's National Medical Center , Washington , DC.
Guanghai
G
Wang
e Shijiazhuang Preschool Teachers' College.
Li
L
Geng
e Shijiazhuang Preschool Teachers' College.
Junna
J
Luo
a West China School of Public Health , Sichuan University.
Ningxiu
N
Li
d Children's National Medical Center , Washington , DC.
Judith
J
Owens
D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology*; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002668:Child Rearing / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006948:Hyperkinesis / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology; D010379:Peer Group; D015995:Prevalence; D012574:Schools; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*