Children with developmental disabilities and sleep problems: Parental beliefs and treatment acceptability

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 455-465

  Keenan, Ruth A ^a   Wild, Matt R ^a   McArthur, Irene ^b   Espie, Colin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child paediatric; Developmental intellectual learning disability; Illness representation; Melatonin; Parental attributions; Sleep; Treatment acceptability

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548179894     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2007.00382.x     Document Type: Article

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