Do lonely days invade the nights? Potential social modulation of sleep efficiency

Psychological Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 384-387

  Cacioppo, John T ^a   Hawkley, Louise C ^a   Berntson, Gary G ^b   Ernst, John M ^c   Gibbs, Amber C ^a   Stickgold, Robert ^d   Hobson, J Allan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REM SLEEP; SLEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; SLEEP; SLEEP, REM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0036634355     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0956-7976.2002.00469.x     Document Type: Article

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