Sleep of preschool children with night-time fears

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 870-874

  Kushnir, Jonathan ^a   Sadeh, Avi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Actigraphy; Anxiety; Child; Night time fears; Preschool; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; NIGHT TIME FEAR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME;

ACTIGRAPHY; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 80455160253     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2011.03.022     Document Type: Article

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