Perceived sleep quality and sleepiness in South African university students

South African Journal of Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 287-303

  Reid, Alison ^a,b   Baker, Fiona C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b SRI International ^*  (South Africa)

^c SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Daytime alertness; Ethnicity; Gender; Sleep habits; Trauma; University students

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049113141     PISSN: 00812463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/008124630803800203     Document Type: Article

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