Table 2.
Association between sleep difficulties and emotional/behavioral problems.
| School-age children (N = 161) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anxious/depressed | Withdrawn/depressed | Somatic complaints | Social problems | Thought problems | Attention problems | Rule-breaking behavior | Aggressive behavior | |
| DIMS | 0.233 * | 0.071 | 0.337 * | 0.213 | 0.3728 * | 0.251 * | 0.386 * | 0.224 * | 
| SBD | 0.114 | 0.112 | 0.292 * | 0.132 | 0.216 | 0.251 * | 0.213 | 0.097 | 
| DA | 0.138 | 0.008 | 0.229 * | −0.05 | 0.162 | 0.097 | 0.144 | −0.083 | 
| SWTD | 0.185 | 0.045 | 0.362 * | 0.277 * | 0.357 * | 0.329 * | 0.393 * | 0.19 | 
| DOES | 0.36 * | 0.093 | 0.332 * | 0.251 * | 0.444 * | 0.324 * | 0.387 * | 0.226 * | 
| SHY | 0.009 | 0.04 | 0.037 | −0.004 | 0.154 | 0.176 | 0.136 | 0.05 | 
| Adolescents (N = 128) | ||||||||
| Anxious/depressed | Withdrawn/depressed | Somatic complaints | Social problems | Thought problems | Attention problems | Rule-breaking behavior | Aggressive behavior | |
| DIMS | 0.263 * | 0.252 * | 0.238 | 0.313 * | 0.447 * | 0.38 * | 0.292 * | 0.415 * | 
| SBD | 0.093 | 0.209 | 0.215 | 0.198 | 0.157 | 0.092 | 0.166 | 0.139 | 
| DA | 0.083 | 0.177 | 0.199 | 0.141 | 0.266 * | 0.029 * | 0.183 | 0.34 * | 
| SWTD | 0.245 * | 0.236 | 0.255 * | 0.411 * | 0.421 * | 0.487 * | 0.42 * | 0.504 * | 
| DOES | 0.272 * | 0.311 * | 0.339 * | 0.299 * | 0.355 * | 0.321 * | 0.32 * | 0.246 * | 
| SHY | 0.156 | 0.244 | 0.172 | 0.128 | 0.117 | 0.168 | 0.18 | 0.184 | 
*Survived after Bonferroni correction with a p-value of < 0.006.