Insecure attachment is an independent correlate of objective sleep disturbances in military veterans

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 860-865

  Troxel, Wendy M ^a   Germain, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Interpersonal styles; Military; Polysomnography; Post traumatic stress disorder; Sleep

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PRAZOSIN;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BETA RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INSECURITY; MALE; NONREM SLEEP; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SELF REPORT; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP QUALITY; SOLDIER; SYMPTOM; VETERAN; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80455173842     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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