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Elstgeest, Gwenda (2014)

Invloed van temperament op de relatie slaapduur en gedragsrproblemen

Master thesis | Education and Child Studies (MSc)

Background: Previous research indicates the necessity of investigating different moderators on the relation between sleep duration and behavior problems. Goal: Present study examines the influence of temperament (effort control, negative affectivity, affiliativeness and extraversion) as a moderator on the relation between sleep duration and behavior problems, both internalizing and externalizing. Methods: 486 questionnaires have been completed. Mean age of the children was 10.49 (SD=0.97). Parents completed the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ: Goodman, 2001), the Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire-Revised (EATQ-R: Muris & Meesters, 2009) and filled out a sleep diary. Results: There were no significant correlations between the interactions sleep duration and temperament and behavior problems. Temperament did not act as a moderator on the correlation between sleep duration and behavior problems. Between effort control and extraversion and internalizing behavior...Show moreBackground: Previous research indicates the necessity of investigating different moderators on the relation between sleep duration and behavior problems. Goal: Present study examines the influence of temperament (effort control, negative affectivity, affiliativeness and extraversion) as a moderator on the relation between sleep duration and behavior problems, both internalizing and externalizing. Methods: 486 questionnaires have been completed. Mean age of the children was 10.49 (SD=0.97). Parents completed the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ: Goodman, 2001), the Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire-Revised (EATQ-R: Muris & Meesters, 2009) and filled out a sleep diary. Results: There were no significant correlations between the interactions sleep duration and temperament and behavior problems. Temperament did not act as a moderator on the correlation between sleep duration and behavior problems. Between effort control and extraversion and internalizing behavior problems there was a significant negative correlation. Between negative affectivity and internalizing behavior problems the relation was positive. Externalizing behavior problems had a significant negative relation with effort control and a positive significant relation with negative affectivity. Conclusion: Aspects of temperament have connections with behavior problems, but not on the relation between sleep duration and behavior problems.Show less

Temperament

Slaapduur

Gedragsproblemen

Author

Elstgeest, Gwenda

Faculty

Faculty of Social & Behavioural Sciences

Supervisors

Ketelaars, M.P.

ECTS Credits

20

Language

nl