Early maternal separation, nightmares, and bad dreams: Results from the hungarostudy epidemiological panel

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-140

  Csóka, Szilvia ^a,b   Simor, Péter ^c,d   Szabó, Gábor ^a   Koppa, Mária S ^a,b   Bódizs, Róbert ^a,b  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^d Nyírö Gyula Hospital   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Attachment; Depression; Dreaming; Maternal deprivation; Nightmares; Sleep disorders

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DREAM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NIGHTMARE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDER; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEPRESSION; DREAMS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NIGHT TERRORS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952470032     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2011.553991     Document Type: Article

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