Sleep and sleepiness among first-time postpartum parents: A field- and laboratory-based multimethod assessment

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 361-372

  Insana, Salvatore P ^a,b   Montgomery Downs, Hawley E ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Couples; Disturbance; Family; Father; Fatigue; Impairment; Mother; Neurobehavioral performance; Newborn; Postpartum; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FATHER; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; TIME;

ACTIGRAPHY; FATHERS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84876109889     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21040     Document Type: Article

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