A Twin-Study of Sleep Difficulties in School-Aged Children

Autor/inn/en	Gregory, Alice M.; Rijsdijk, Fruhling V.; Eley, Thalia C.
Titel	A Twin-Study of Sleep Difficulties in School-Aged Children
Quelle	In: Child Development, 77 (2006) 6, S.1668-1679 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00966.x
Schlagwörter	Sleep; Children; Genetics; Environmental Influences; Twins; Questionnaires; Parents; Correlation; Ethology; Cognitive Structures; Incidence; Psychological Studies + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schlaf; Child; Kind; Kinder; Humangenetik; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Twin; Zwilling; Fragebogen; Eltern; Korrelation; Ethologie; Cognitive structure; Kognitive Struktur; Vorkommen
Abstract	This study examines frequency, overlap, and genetic and environmental influences on sleep difficulties, which are understudied in school-aged children. The Sleep Self Report and the Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire were completed by 300 twin pairs (aged 8 years) and their parents. Child report suggested more frequent sleep problems than parent report (e.g., regular sleep onset delay was reported by 45% of children and 17% of parents). Associations between most of the sleep difficulties were small but significant (e.g., r[s]=0.16 for parent report of bedtime resistance and sleep onset delay). Twin correlations based on parent reports suggest greater genetic influence (M=50%) than those based on child self-report (M=18%). Possible rater effects should be considered when evaluating children's sleep problems. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10