Children's sleep and adjustment: The moderating role of vagal regulation

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 396-405

  El Sheikh, Mona ^a   Erath, Stephen A ^a   Keller, Peggy S ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actigraphy; Children; Sleep; Vagal regulation; Vagal tone

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADJUSTMENT; ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP DISRUPTION; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; VAGUS TONE; WAKEFULNESS;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; AROUSAL; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VAGUS NERVE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 36348941684     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2007.00618.x     Document Type: Article

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