" My child has a sleep problem": A cross-cultural comparison of parental definitions

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 478-482

  Sadeh, Avi ^a   Mindell, Jodi ^b   Rivera, Luis ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAKATI MEDICAL CENTER   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Infant; Parents; Perception; Problems; Sleep; Toddler

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAREGIVER; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFANT; PARENT; PARENTAL PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL PHENOMENA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONALITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PARENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 79955123637     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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