AbstractChildren are vital to the nations present and its future. In recent years there has been an increased focus on issues that affect children and on improving their health. Children from different parts of the world have radically different habitual sleep durations. Children are “in need of more sleep” and that children are chronically sleep deprived contemporary concerns in our society. The aim of the study is to identify the relationship between quality of sleep and behavioural problems among school children. The objectives of the study were to assess the quality of sleep and behavioural problems among children, to correlate the quality of sleep and behavioural problems among children and to find out the association between quality of sleep and behavioural problems with selected demographic variables. Quantitative approach and descriptive research design was adopted. This study was conducted on 50 samples after getting necessary permission from private school authority, consent was obtained from each sample. Data were analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. This study findings shows that there is a positive relationship between quality of sleep and behavioural problems. Sleep and behavioural problems had significant association with selected demographic variables. Sleep is associated with gender, screen time of the child and education of the child. Behavioural problems are associated with gender, education of the child and screen time of the child. Hence this study concludes that Parents are prime responsible person to establish positive and quality sleep habits to the children.
Keywords: Sleep; Behavioural problems; Screen time.