Sleep disruption and domestic violence: Exploring the interconnections between mothers and children

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-14

  Humphreys, Cathy ^a   Lowe, Pam ^b   Williams, Simon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Mother child relationship; Sleep; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149354491     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2008.00575.x     Document Type: Article

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