Longitudinal association of nighttime sleep duration with emotional and behavioral problems among rural preschool children

• Published in: European child & adolescent psychiatry Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 267 - 277
• Main Authors: Liu, Haixia, Ma, Shaodi, Feng, Linya, Gao, Juan, Wu, Birong, Xia, Weihang, Xie, Peng, Sun, Liang, Chen, Mingchun, Qin, Qirong, Ding, Xiuxiu, Qu, Guangbo, Sun, Yehuan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.01.2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Behavior; Behavior problems; Bidirectionality; Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Child, Preschool; Children; Emotional behavior; Emotional disturbances; Emotions; Female; Girls; Humans; Kindergarten; Longitudinal Studies; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Nighttime; Original Contribution; Parent educational background; Preschool children; Problem Behavior - psychology; Prosocial behavior; Psychiatry; Regression analysis; Risk reduction; Rural areas; Rural communities; Sleep; Sleep Duration; Surveys and Questionnaires; Preschool children; Nighttime sleep duration; Emotional and behavioral problems; Longitudinal study

This study aimed to examine the association between nighttime sleep duration and emotional and behavioral problems (EBPs) among rural preschool children. This longitudinal study including 1595 preschool children aged 3–6 years from 26 kindergartens in four counties was conducted in Anhui Province ru...