Longitudinal associations between marital instability and child sleep problems across infancy and toddlerhood in adoptive families

Child Development

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1252-1266

  Mannering, Anne M ^a   Harold, Gordon T ^b   Leve, Leslie D ^a   Shelton, Katherine H ^c   Shaw, Daniel S ^d   Conger, Rand D ^e   Neiderhiser, Jenae M ^f   Scaramella, Laura V ^g   Reiss, David ^h  

^a OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^h YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; TEMPERAMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOPTION; ADULT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARENTS; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS; TEMPERAMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960178244     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01594.x     Document Type: Article

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