naa a22 4500 51076942X CHVBK 20180411083208.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11818-013-0627-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11818-013-0627-8 A new diagnostic tool for children with sleep disorders [Elektronische Daten] First validation data for the Children's Sleep Comic [B. Schwerdtle, J. Kanis, L. Kahl, A. Kübler, A.A. Schlarb] Ein neues diagnostisches Instrument für Kinder mit Schlafstörungen Erste Validierungsdaten zum Kinderschlafcomic Background: In addition to a parental evaluation, the diagnosis of childhood sleep disorders should include a child's own assessment of sleep behavior. In order to address the lack of self-rating instruments for the assessment of sleep in young children, a new self-assessment tool was developed: the Children's Sleep Comic. Here we present the first validation data. Materials and methods: A sample of 112children aged between 5and 10years was assessed with the Children's Sleep Comic and the German version of the Sleep Self Report (SSR-DE). Parents completed the German version of the Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ-DE) and participated in a telephone interview based on the diagnostic interview for sleep disorders in children (DIKS). The diagnosed sleep disorders were compared to the children's ratings in the Children's Sleep Comic. Results: Kuder-Richardson analysis demonstrated good internal consistency (α = 0.86). Initially, no correlation was found between the intensity of sleep problem score (ISPS) of the Children's Sleep Comic and the presence of a diagnosis. Based on theoretical considerations and discriminatory power analysis, different subscores were then calculated for the symptoms of general insomnia and those of childhood behavioral insomnia addressed by the Children's Sleep Comic. Comparisons with the corresponding diagnoses according to the DIKS now yielded significant correlations. Comparisons between the Children's Sleep Comic and the SSR-DE, as well as the CSHQ-DE, also indicated significant moderate correlations. Conclusion: The Children's Sleep Comic can be used as a reliable self-rating instrument for children with insomnia. The adapted procedure for quantitative analysis of the Children's Sleep Comic encourages further validation of the Children's Sleep Comic. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2013 Children nationallicence Sleep nationallicence Sleep disorders nationallicence Self-assessment nationallicence Validation nationallicence Kinder nationallicence Schlaf nationallicence Schlafstörungen nationallicence Selbstbeurteilung nationallicence Validierung nationallicence Schwerdtle B. Department of Psychology I, University of Würzburg, Marcusstr. 9-11, 97070, Würzburg, Germany aut Kanis J. Department of Psychology I, University of Würzburg, Marcusstr. 9-11, 97070, Würzburg, Germany aut Kahl L. Department of Psychology I, University of Würzburg, Marcusstr. 9-11, 97070, Würzburg, Germany aut Kübler A. Department of Psychology I, University of Würzburg, Marcusstr. 9-11, 97070, Würzburg, Germany aut Schlarb A.A. Faculty of Science, Clinical and Developmental Psychology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany aut Somnologie - Schlafforschung und Schlafmedizin Springer Berlin Heidelberg 17/3(2013-09-01), 199-204 1432-9123 17:3<199 2013 17 11818 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11818-013-0627-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11818-013-0627-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Schwerdtle B. Department of Psychology I, University of Würzburg, Marcusstr. 9-11, 97070, Würzburg, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kanis J. Department of Psychology I, University of Würzburg, Marcusstr. 9-11, 97070, Würzburg, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kahl L. Department of Psychology I, University of Würzburg, Marcusstr. 9-11, 97070, Würzburg, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kübler A. Department of Psychology I, University of Würzburg, Marcusstr. 9-11, 97070, Würzburg, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Schlarb A.A. Faculty of Science, Clinical and Developmental Psychology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Somnologie - Schlafforschung und Schlafmedizin Springer Berlin Heidelberg 17/3(2013-09-01), 199-204 1432-9123 17:3<199 2013 17 11818 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer