Companionable sleep: Social regulation of sleep and cosleeping in Egyptian families

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 124-135

  Worthman, Carol M ^a   Brown, Ryan A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Bed sharing; Cosleeping; Cultural differences; Sleep quality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; EGYPT; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; TIME; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EGYPT; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33947422119     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.21.1.124     Document Type: Article

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