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Aid: The essential requirement about sleep detection, assessment, and treatment of sleep problemsare very important to healty grow up of children. This corelational descriptive study was conductedto examine the relationships between sleep habits problems with behaviour problems of elementaryschool children.Method: The study population were consisted (790 students) parents of Ertuğrul Gazi elementaryschool students (7-14 years) in Balçova district in İzmir. Parents responded rate were 73,9 % (584).The sleep habits problems questionnaire form and Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)are used for data collection. Statistical evaluation of data was made by Pearson, Spearmancorrelation and ANOVA.Results: Awerage sleep duration during the weekday was 9.72±1.24, the weekend was 10.30±1.32,of children had no own bedroom 27,7%, of children had no own bed 11%. The presence of atelevision 30% and a computer 38,5% set in the bedrooms of the sample children. Napping duringthe daytime was reported in 4,5%, television viewing 54,1% and computer games playing 7,5%before sleep of children. According to total SDQ score indicated of behaviour problems of childrenwas associated with sleep habits problems (F=17.796, p<0.001). Students sleep habits point wasincreased while SDQ subgroup score (hyperactivity, emotional, conduct and peer problems) wasdecreased. Sleep habits problems correlated negatively, lower level and significantly correlatedwith mood-behaviour problems of elementary school children (p<0.001).Conclusion: Children which reported both sleep habits problems and behaviour problems also.According to SDQ score classified abnormal students experienced sleeep habits problems. Schoolnurses must observe regarding sleep habits of students, they must determine students with sleepproblems and family of students can guide regarding units.Key words: Sleep hygiene, sleep habits, conduct problems, school children, school nursing.