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Table 1 Sample characteristics

From: Sleep and mental health in childhood: a multi-method study in the general pediatric population

 

10–11 years

13–14 years

n

788

n

344

Age actigraphy (M, SD)*

788

11.67 (0.20)

344

14.70 (0.33)

Age self-reported sleep (M, SD)*

788

9.75 (0.23)

344

13.93 (0.62)

Age CBCL (M, SD)*

788

9.70 (0.24)

344

13.52 (0.29)

Sex (%)

 Girl

414

52.5%

190

55.2%

 Boy

374

47.5%

154

44.8%

National origin (%)

 Western

716

90.9%

318

92.4%

 Non-Western

72

9.1%

26

7.6%

Maternal education level (%)*

 High

509

64.6%

194

56.4%

 Middle

245

31.1%

139

40.4%

 Low

10

1.3%

7

2.0%

 Missing

24

4.7%

4

2.1%

Gestational age at birth (M, SD)

788

39.63 (2.26)

342

39.54 (2.31)

Maternal anxiety (M, SD)

773

1.43 (2.09)

323

1.39 (1.99)

Maternal depression (M, SD)

773

1.0 (2.16)

323

1.05 (2.02)

Behavior (M, SD)

 Internalizing*

788

4.47 (4.79)

344

5.25 (5.57)

 Externalizing

788

3.59 (4.45)

344

3.63 (4.39)

 Dysregulation profile

788

7.85 (7.27)

344

7.21 (7.55)

Sleep (M, SD)

 Sleep duration (time duration; hh:mm)*

788

7:42 (0:40)

344

7:16 (0:52)

 Sleep onset (clock time; hh:mm)*

788

22:26 (0:54)

344

23:27 (0:50)

 Sleep onset latency (time duration; hh:mm)*

788

0:52 (0:37)

344

0:19 (0:23)

 Sleep efficiency (%)*

788

83.96 (4.52)

344

85.35 (5.15)

 Nocturnal waking times*

786

3.05 (1.53)

344

2.83 (1.55)

 Interdaily stability*

785

0.18 (0.04)

344

0.15 (0.05)

 Intradaily variability*

785

0.58 (0.09)

344

0.52 (0.11)

 Onset least active 5 h

786

00:47 (0:51)

344

00:44 (0:58)

 Self-report*

788

2.50 (1.24)**

344

1.44 (1.26)

 Mother-report

782

9.26 (2.64)

339

9.14 (2.65)

  1. *Represent significant difference between the two age groups
  2. **Range was different for both measurement waves, due to the use of different instruments, for ease of comparison this measurement was rescaled to range from 0 to 6