Infant sleep, parental sleep and parenting stress in families of mothers on maternity leave and in families of working mothers

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-186

  Sinai, Dana ^a   Tikotzky, Liat ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Father; Infant; Maternity leave; Mother; Parenting stress; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FAMILY LEAVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT SLEEP; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; PARENTAL SLEEP; PARENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; WAKEFULNESS; WORKING MOTHER;

ADULT; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTAL LEAVE; PARENTING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858277152     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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