Table A9.
Cluster compositions of original ideas and mean importance ratings of parents in group 3 (S1 N = 8; S2 N = 9), including the assignment of original ideas to main ideas.
| Clusters | Original Ideas | Idea nr. 1 | Merged to Main Idea 2 | Mean 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Mental distress and active brain | 3.4 | |||
| Having many thoughts | 1 | Many thoughts | 4.2 | |
| Having all kinds of questions before bedtime | 2 | Many thoughts | 3.0 | |
| Wanting to solve world problems before bedtime | 3 | Many thoughts | 3.9 | |
| Continuing to think about something that is about to happen the next day | 4 | Upcoming stressful event | 3.6 | |
| Continuing to think about something that happened that day | 5 | Recent stressful event | 3.6 | |
| Having many ideas and wanting to realize these before going to sleep | 6 | Many thoughts | 3.8 | |
| Indistinctness about what is going to happen the next day | 7 | Many thoughts | 3.4 | |
| Being too tired (overtired) before bedtime and getting hyperactive due to that | 10 | Too tired | 3.6 | |
| When the child has planned to do something that day and tis still needs to happen before going to bed | 18 | Many thoughts | 3.1 | |
| Not willing to end the day, because it was such a fun day | 24 | Many thoughts | 2.6 | |
| Curiosity about how sleep works, wondering when and if you will wake up | 28 | Many thoughts | 2.0 | |
| Not being able to let go of feelings of injustice before bedtime | 42 | Many thoughts | 3.7 | |
| 2. Family- and social environment | 3.1 | |||
| When the parent rushes to take the child to bed | 8 | Parental stress | 3.1 | |
| When the parent deviates from the usual bedtime routine | 9 | Deviate from usual bedtime routine | 3.4 | |
| Going to bed too late | 19 | No consistent sleep schedule | 3.3 | |
| When the sleep schedule gets disturbed | 20 | No consistent sleep schedule | 3.4 | |
| Older brothers or sisters that are allowed to stay up longer | 21 | Social norm for bedtime among siblings | 2.7 | |
| Other children in their class that are allowed to stay up longer | 22 | Social norm for bedtime among classmates | 2.3 | |
| When there are visitors at home | 23 | Fear of missing out | 3.1 | |
| Wanting to stay with their parent and not wanting to be alone | 33 | Reluctant to sleep alone | 3.2 | |
| 3. Sleep environment | 2.8 | |||
| Noise from the street | 11 | Noise outside | 2.9 | |
| Absence of the favourite stuffed animal or sleeping cloth | 29 | Absence of favourite sleep accessory | 3.1 | |
| A dark bedroom | 32 | Too dark | 2.9 | |
| When it is too quiet at home | 38 | Too quiet | 2.1 | |
| Noises from in or outside the house that are different than usual | 39 | Noise outside | 3.0 | |
| 4. Stressful family situation, worries and fear | 3.9 | |||
| Parents who are in a fight | 12 | Parental relationship problems | 4.7 | |
| Relationship problems between parents | 13 | Parental relationship problems | 4.3 | |
| Worrying about things that are going on at home | 14 | Worrying | 3.8 | |
| When something is going on with (one of) their friends | 15 | Worrying | 3.6 | |
| Not feeling safe at home, in the classroom or outside on the streets | 17 | Feeling unsafe | 4.1 | |
| Being afraid that someone comes into their home or something happens with their home | 27 | Being afraid | 3.1 | |
| Having watched a scary movie | 30 | Watching something scary | 3.9 | |
| Having watched the news | 31 | Watching something scary | 3.3 | |
| 5. physical- and mental well-being | 3.7 | |||
| When other children were unkind and still worrying about this | 16 | Being bullied | 4.2 | |
| Feeling pain | 25 | Pain | 4.2 | |
| Being ill | 26 | Illness | 4.2 | |
| Having had inadequate stimulation during the day | 34 | Inadequate daytime stimulation | 3.1 | |
| Having had excessive stimulation during the day | 35 | Excessive daytime stimulation | 3.4 | |
| Dreams that keep children awake or wake them and cause restless sleep | 36 | Unpleasant dreams | 3.3 | |
| When something happens in the light sleep phase, waking the child and giving opportunity to start thinking | 37 | Many thoughts | 3.0 | |
| 6. Screen behaviour before bedtime | 4.1 | |||
| Activating computer games that cause stress before bedtime 4 | 40 | Play with activating toys before bedtime | 4.4 | |
| The light of screens (tablet, computer) right before going to sleep 4 | 41 | Screen use before bedtime | 3.7 |
1 Idea nr. = The number of the generated idea in this group. This corresponds with the numbers on the concept maps in Appendix A. 2 Merged into main idea = The overall main idea to which the original idea of this group is assigned. 3 Mean = mean importance rating on a 5-point Likert scale based on the question: ‘Think about the sleep of a child in the age of 4-12 years, how much does this affect their sleep?’ answered on a 5-point Likert scale from ‘does not affect at all = 1’ to ‘affects a whole lot = 5’; 4 a new cluster was created with this idea. Bold values indicate ideas rated as important (with a rating ≥3.00); Cursive values indicate the overall mean rating per cluster. S1 = Session 1, brainstorm; S2 = Session 2, sort and rate.