Neuroticism mediates the relationship between childhood adversity and adult sleep quality

Behavioral Sleep Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 130-143

  Ramsawh, Holly J ^a   Ancoli Israel, Sonia ^a   Sullivan, Sarah G ^a   Hitchcock, Carla A ^a   Stein, Murray B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SLEEP DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SLEEP DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960254607     PISSN: 15402002     EISSN: 15402010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15402002.2011.583895     Document Type: Article

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