AUTHOR=Kawabe Kentaro , Inoue Saori , Matsumoto Yu , Kusunoki Maya , Ueno Shu-Ichi , Oka Yasunori , Horiuchi Fumie 

TITLE=Development and field test of the child and adolescent sleep checklist for parents of community junior high school students

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

VOLUME=Volume 4 - 2025

YEAR=2025

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/child-and-adolescent-psychiatry/articles/10.3389/frcha.2025.1644128

DOI=10.3389/frcha.2025.1644128

ISSN=2813-4540

ABSTRACT=AimChildren and adolescents get fewer than the recommended hours of sleep. The Child and Adolescent Sleep Checklist for parents (CASC-P) was designed to identify sleep habits and screen for sleep problems in junior high school students in Japan. This study aimed to validate the Japanese version of the CASC-P for junior high school students and determine its internal consistency.MethodsWe used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and Cronbach's α to validate the scale and examine reliability. The analysis involved 218 parents of students aged 12–15 years.ResultsCronbach's α for the overall scale was 0.771. The prevalence of sleep problems was 15.6%. Factorial construct validity was assessed using the four-factor model used in the original CASC-P. Almost all items loaded meaningfully on their designated factors, and standardized factor-loading values ranged from 0.278 to 0.878 (except for items 1, 2, 9, 16, and 21).Conclusion: The CASC-P is a suitable questionnaire for assessing parents’ perspectives on adolescent sleep behavior.