Sleep architecture and sleep-related mentation in securely and insecurely attached people

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-154

  McNamara, Patrick ^a   Pace Schott, Edward F ^b   Johnson, Patricia ^a   Harris, Erica ^a   Auerbach, Sanford ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment status; Dreams; Mood; NREM sleep; REM latency; REM sleep

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PARASOMNIA; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRY; READING; REM SLEEP; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; READING; REM SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES; SLEEP, REM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952467010     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2011.553999     Document Type: Article

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