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Validation and psychometric properties of the German version of the Children’s Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ-DE)

Normierung und psychometrische Eigenschaften der deutschen Version des Children’s Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ-DE)

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Abstract

Background

Currently, no validated German-language self-report screening instrument exists for the assessment of sleep disorders in childhood.

Objective

To translate the Children’s Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ-DE) into German and validate the German version.

Material and methods

Based on a community sample of 298 parents of healthy children between 4 and 10 years of age and parents of a clinical sample of children (n=45) with sleep disorders, the factor structure and psychometric properties of the German translation were analyzed.

Results

All factors of the English version, including bedtime resistance, sleep-onset delay, sleep duration, sleep anxiety, night waking, sleep-disordered breathing, and parasomnias, were verified. Internal consistency was α=0.68; retest–reliability was r=0.76.

Conclusion

The German version of the CSHQ can be used as a validated screening instrument to identify sleep-related disorders in children.

Zusammenfassung

Hintergrund

Zur elterlichen Erfassung von Schlafstörungen im Kindesalter steht gegenwärtig im deutschsprachigen Raum kein evaluiertes Screeninginstrument zur Verfügung.

Ziel

Eine deutschsprachige Version des Children’s Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ-DE) wurde erstellt und validiert.

Material und Methoden

Anhand einer Normstichprobe, bestehend aus 298 Eltern von Kindern zwischen 4 und 10 Jahren, sowie Eltern von Kindern mit einer Schlafstörung (n=45) wurde die deutsche Übersetzung des CSHQ-DE auf ihre Faktorenstruktur und ihre psychometrischen Eigenschaften überprüft.

Ergebnisse

Die Subskalen des englischsprachigen CSHQ-DE „bedtime resistance“, „sleep-onset delay“, sleep duration“, „sleep anxiety“, „night waking“, „sleep-disordered breathing“ und „parasomnias“ konnten bestätigt werden. Die interne Konsistenz liegt bei α=0,68, die Retestreliabilität bei r=0,76.

Fazit

Die deutsche Version des CSHQ kann als validiertes Screeninginstrument zur Erkennung von Schlafstörungen im Kindesalter anhand des Elternurteils eingesetzt werden.

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  1. Psychologisches Institut, Abteilung für Klinische und Entwicklungspsychologie, Universität Tübingen, Christophstr. 2, 72072, Tübingen, Deutschland

    A.A. Schlarb Dipl.-Psych & M. Hautzinger

  2. Lehrstuhl für Psychologie I Arbeitsbereich Interventionspsychologie, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Deutschland

    B. Schwerdtle

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Schlarb, A., Schwerdtle, B. & Hautzinger, M. Validation and psychometric properties of the German version of the Children’s Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ-DE). Somnologie 14, 260–266 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11818-010-0495-4

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