1. Objectifs

Intentions :
The goal of this study is to «examin[e] if childhood CP [conduct problems] and comorbid depressive and/or attentional-hyperactivity problems were prospectively associated with parent and self-reported sleep difficulties in adolescence.» (p. 165)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
The sample consisted of «[c]hildren (N = 744; 396 boys and 348 girls) with and without CP from an on-going longitudinal study carried out in four regions of Québec, Canada, were recruited between 2007 and 2010 from 155 French-speaking schools across eight public school boards. At study inception, children were 6–9.9 years old (M = 8.39 years […]).» (p. 168)

Instruments :
Questionnaires

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

«In the present study, groups of adolescents with histories of childhood CP, regardless of comorbidity, had significantly higher self and parent-reported sleep difficulties compared to adolescents without histories of childhood CP. These results were observed accounting for sex, age, household income, primary caregiver education, and prescribed medications that could influence sleep.» (p. 170) In addition, «while parent-reported sleep was worse among youth with any CP compared to youth with no CP, no differences in parent-reported sleep were observed among youth with CP, across comorbid conditions. The discrepancy in the findings for self and parent-reported sleep difficulties emphasizes the importance of informant specificity in the assessment of sleep problems among youth with CP. Parents and youth may have differing insight regarding the severity of their sleep difficulties, and parents of children with CP may lack awareness into the occurrence of sleep problems in their adolescent children (Short et al., 2013a, 2013bbib_Short_et_al_2013b). While parents can have a crucial role in mitigating the sleep difficulties of their children, they need to be aware of such sleep issues.» (p. 172)