Learning to sleep through the night: Solution or strain for mothers and young children?

Infant Mental Health Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 223-244

  Germo, Gary R ^a   Goldberg, Wendy A ^a   Keller, Meret A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LEARNING; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL STRESS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NIGHT SLEEP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP PATTERN;

EID: 67650688433     PISSN: 01639641     EISSN: 10970355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/imhj.20212     Document Type: Article

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