اضطرابات النوم و علاقتها بالمشكلات السلوكية لدى عينة من أطفال التوحد بمنطقة جدة

Abstract EN

The purpose of this study was to identify the sleep disorders and behavioral problems most common among autistic children in the Jeddah area.

Are these variables different according to sex and age range, and the extent to which behavioral problems can be predicted through sleep disorders? The sleep disorders of autistic children, which are of five main dimensions and verified their psychometric characteristics from sincerity (in the manner of arbitrators, content validation) and consistency (in the internal consistency method Kronbach Alpha, where the value of (0.742) (40) of the parents who had children with autism in the Jeddah area, and the measures were applied to them.

To answer the questions of the study, the appropriate statistical methods were used (arithmetic averages) The most common sleep disorders were sleep problems followed by sleep time, sleep time stability followed by waking up during the day, and the most common sleep during the day.

The most common problem is the difficulty of talking when he wants something, the participation of other children in play, and the least common problem is the excessive physical inactivity.

As for the differences between the sexes, there are differences where females suffer from problems of sleeping disorders more than males and the absence of gender differences on behavioral problems, and with regard to the interaction between sex and age, the results indicated differences in sleep disorders and lack of behavioral problems, and finally the results showed the inability to predict the behavioral problems of sleep disturbance variable