Child Sleep Self Report
What It Measures
The Sleep Self Report (SSR) asks a child directly about their own sleep, rather than asking a parent. That distinction is the point: a parent can see what time the light goes off, but not whether the child lay awake, felt scared, or woke in the night without saying so.
Twenty-six items cover a typical recent week, grouped into bedtime, sleep behavior, and daytime sleepiness. The child marks each as usually (5 to 7 times a week), sometimes (2 to 4 times), or rarely (0 or 1 time). Some items are reverse-scored so that a higher total always means more difficulty. It was built as a companion to the parent-report Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire, and 13 items map directly onto CSHQ items so the two views can be compared.
Additional Notes
Licensing Notes: Developed by Owens and colleagues (2000).
Learn More: The instrument has 26 items but the original American factor analysis yielded a 23-item total score, so published totals may not include every item — check which convention a study or form is using.
