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ALTHOUGH SOME STUDIES HAVE EXAMINED\u00a0 THE ASSOCIATION OF SLEEP PROBLEMS WITH BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS AND ACADEMIC\u00a0 PERFORMANCE, FEW HAVE BEEN DONE IN MACAU, ESPECIALLY FOR THE CHILDREN POPULATION AND\u00a0 REGARDING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. HENCE, THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE PRESENT STUDY WAS\u00a0 TO IDENTIFY SLEEP PROBLEMS OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN MACAU AND EXPLORE ITS\u00a0 RELATIONSHIP WITH BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. 948 PARTICIPANTS\u00a0 (466 CHILDREN AND 482 ADOLESCENTS) FROM MACAU WERE INCLUDED IN THE STUDY. DATA WAS\u00a0 COLLECTED USING THE ACHENBACH SYSTEM OF EMPIRICALLY BASED ASSESSMENT (ASEBA)\u00a0 FORMS: CBCL, TRF AND YSR. CHILDREN SLEEP PROBLEMS WERE ASSESSED BY THE REPORTS OF\u00a0 MOTHER AND FATHER, IN ADDITION SELF-REPORT WAS ALSO INCLUDED TO MEASURE ADOLESCENTS\u00a0 SLEEP PROBLEMS. BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS WERE REPORTED BY MOTHER, FATHER AND TEACHER FOR\u00a0 CHILDREN, AS WELL AS SELF-REPORT FOR ADOLESCENTS. ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE WAS THE AVERAGE\u00a0 OF TEACHER\u2019S RATING OF ALL ACADEMIC SUBJECTS. THE PREVALENCE OF SLEEP PROBLEMS WAS\u00a0 10.1% IN CHILDREN AND 17.4% IN ADOLESCENTS. THE RESULTS SHOWED SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE\u00a0 BETWEEN CHILDREN\u2019S SLEEP PROBLEMS AND THEIR MOTHER AND FATHER-REPORTED TOTAL\u00a0 BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS, BUT NOT WITH TEACHER-REPORTED TOTAL BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS.\u00a0 HOWEVER, WHEREAS THE T-TEST FOUND THAT ADOLESCENT\u2019S SLEEP PROBLEMS SIGNIFICANTLY\u00a0 PREDICTED ALL INFORMANTS REPORTED TOTAL BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS, THE CHI-SQUARE TEST FOUND\u00a0 NO SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO FACTORS IN TEACHER\u2019S RATINGS, SUGGESTING THAT\u00a0 WHILE ADOLESCENTS WHO HAD MORE SLEEP PROBLEMS DID SHOW A HIGHER FREQUENCY OF TOTAL\u00a0 BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS IN THE TEACHER\u2019S PERSPECTIVE, BUT THEY MAY NOT BE SEVERE ENOUGH\u00a0 TO BE CONSIDERED CLINICAL. IN ADDITION, SIGNIFICANT ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND SLEEP PROBLEMS WERE ONLY OBSERVED IN CHILDREN BUT NOT IN ADOLESCENTS;\u00a0 AND NO SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIP WAS FOUND BETWEEN SLEEP PROBLEMS AND GRADE RETENTION.\u00a0 FINDINGS PROVIDED FURTHER SUPPORT FOR SOME ASSOCIATIONS OF SLEEP PROBLEMS WITH\u00a0 BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. IN GENERAL, THE FINDINGS OF MACAU\u00a0 WERE SIMILAR TO THOSE IN OTHER COUNTRIES. GIVEN THAT CHRONIC SLEEP PROBLEMS CREATE\u00a0 MULTIPLE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES TO STUDENTS\u2019 LIVES, PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS ARE PROVIDED\u00a0 TO HELP LOWER IT THROUGH THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN PARTIES, EDUCATION ABOUT SLEEP\u00a0 HYGIENE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTHY SLEEPING HABITS.\u00a0 KEYWORDS: SLEEP PROBLEMS; BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS; ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; CHILDREN;\u00a0 ADOLESCENTS<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","class_list":["post-424999","tnc_col_19631_item","type-tnc_col_19631_item","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tnc_tax_19912-counselling-and-psychotherapy","tnc_tax_19818-english","tnc_tax_19716-faculty-of-health-sciences","tnc_tax_19659-master-thesis","tnc_tax_19651-master"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":[],"comment_info":0,"featured_img":false,"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/author\/emilychan\/","display_name":"emily chan"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 1 \u9031 ago","modified":"Updated 6 \u5929 ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 21 8 \u6708, 2026","modified":"Updated on 24 8 \u6708, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 21 8 \u6708, 2026 12:38 \u4e0a\u5348","modified":"Updated on 24 8 \u6708, 2026 12:17 \u4e0b\u5348"},"featured_img_caption":"","tax_additional":{"tnc_tax_19912":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/programme\/counselling-and-psychotherapy\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19912","name":"PROGRAMME"},"tnc_tax_19818":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/language\/english\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">ENGLISH<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">ENGLISH<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19818","name":"LANGUAGE"},"tnc_tax_19765":{"linked":[],"unlinked":[],"slug":"tnc_tax_19765","name":"SUPERVISOR(S)"},"tnc_tax_19716":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/faculty-research-unit\/faculty-of-health-sciences\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19716","name":"FACULTY \/ RESEARCH UNIT"},"tnc_tax_19659":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/resource-type\/master-thesis\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">THESIS &amp; DISSERTATION<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">THESIS &amp; DISSERTATION<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19659","name":"Document Type"},"tnc_tax_19651":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/degree-level\/master\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">MASTER<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">MASTER<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19651","name":"DEGREE LEVEL"}},"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19631_item\/424999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19631_item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tnc_col_19631_item"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424999"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19631_item\/424999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":431490,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19631_item\/424999\/revisions\/431490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}