Nightmare frequency is associated with subjective sleep quality but not with psychopathology

Sleep and Biological Rhythms

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 187-193

  Lancee, Jaap ^a   Spoormaker, Victor I ^a   Van Den Bout, Jan ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavior and cognition; Nightmares; Parasomnias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NIGHTMARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP PARAMETERS; ANXIETY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; INSOMNIA; NEUROSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP MEDICINE; SLEEP QUALITY;

EID: 77955135642     PISSN: 14469235     EISSN: 14798425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8425.2010.00447.x     Document Type: Article

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