Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.
Sleep Med. 2023 Dec;112:39-45. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2023.09.032. Epub 2023 Oct 1.
Alexithymia, mood dysregulation, and sleep quality have complicated effects on children's development. The current study aimed to investigate the relationship between alexithymia, emotion regulation, psychiatric problems, and sleep problems among Egyptian school-aged children.
A total of 564 Egyptian children, aged 6 to 14, were divided into two groups based on their total Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire abbreviated score: group 1 (N = 300) with sleep problems and group 2 (N = 264) with non-sleep problems. Their parents completed the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) and subjectively assessed the children's emotions using the Children's Alexithymia Measure (CAM) and the Clinical Evaluation of Emotional Regulation-9 (CEER-9).
Males were more proportional in the sleep problems group than others. The sleep problem group was significantly younger and had a longer daily sleep duration than the non-sleep problem group. Alexithymia and emotion dysregulation had the highest mean in the sleep problem group. Furthermore, alexithymia, emotion dysregulation, emotion difficulty, conduct, and prosocial problems were the most significant contributing factors and risk factors for sleep problems in children.
Sleep problems in children were associated with younger male children with lengthy daily sleep duration and emotional, behavioural, and prosocial difficulties. Furthermore, alexithymia and emotion dysregulation are significant contributors and risk factors for sleep problems in school-aged children.
述情障碍、情绪失调和睡眠质量对儿童的发展有复杂的影响。本研究旨在探讨埃及学龄儿童述情障碍、情绪调节、精神问题和睡眠问题之间的关系。
共有 564 名 6 至 14 岁的埃及儿童，根据他们的儿童睡眠习惯问卷缩写总分分为两组：有睡眠问题组（n=300）和无睡眠问题组（n=264）。他们的父母完成了长处和困难问卷（SDQ），并使用儿童述情障碍量表（CAM）和情绪调节临床评估-9 量表（CEER-9）主观评估儿童的情绪。
男性在睡眠问题组中更为普遍。睡眠问题组明显比无睡眠问题组年龄更小，每日睡眠时间更长。述情障碍和情绪失调在睡眠问题组中的平均得分最高。此外，述情障碍、情绪失调、情绪困难、品行和亲社会问题是儿童睡眠问题的最显著的促成因素和危险因素。
儿童睡眠问题与年轻的男性儿童、每日睡眠时间较长以及情绪、行为和亲社会困难有关。此外，述情障碍和情绪失调是学龄儿童睡眠问题的重要促成因素和危险因素。
