Assessment of brief interventions for nighttime fears in preschool children

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-75

  Kushnir, Jonathan ^a   Sadeh, Avi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Actigraphy; Anxiety; Intervention; Nighttime fears; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHTTIME FEAR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857061998     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-011-1488-4     Document Type: Article

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