Fear-themed Media Exposure and Sleep Sensitivity in Children: Preliminary Observations

Martina Gnazzo's study on figshare examines associations between fear-themed digital media exposure and sleep regulatory sensitivity in school-aged children. The dataset includes 132 children aged 5–11 years, divided into exposed and control groups, with assessments from the CBCL and SDSC questionnaires. The data was uploaded on 2026-05-22.

Use Cases

• Analyze correlations between media exposure intensity and emotional-behavioral functioning scores based on CBCL Total Problems.
• Compare sleep disturbance scores between exposed and non-exposed groups based on SDSC Total Scores.
• Investigate dimensional variability in sleep regulatory sensitivity based on the proposed PhenoSleep construct.
• Examine domain-specific differences across subscales of behavioral and sleep measures.

Strengths

• Includes 132 participants with a mean age of 8.69 years and SD of 2.01.
• Provides a clear comparison between an exposed group (n=66) and a non-exposed control group (n=66).
• Uses standardized assessment tools: the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is a single 428.4 KB DOCX file, suggesting limited scope and potentially non-standard data format.

Provenance

Source

Martina Gnazzo

Collection Method

Cross-sectional study using ad hoc exposure questionnaire (TOT_HW), CBCL, and SDSC assessments.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-22 04:30:21; freshness should be verified.