The role of maternal cognitions in infant sleep problems as assessed by a new instrument, the Maternal Cognitions about Infant Sleep Questionnaire

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 247-258

  Morrell, Julian M B ^a  

^a Park Hospital for Children Oxford   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attachment; Cognition; Infancy; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGER; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SLEEP DISORDERS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032991507     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021963098003497     Document Type: Article

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