Infant attachment and toddlers' sleep assessed by maternal reports and actigraphy: Different measurement methods yield different relations

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 473-483

  Simard, Valérie ^a   Bernier, Annie ^b   Bélanger, Marie Ève ^b   Carrier, Julie ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actigraphy; attachment; child; preschool; sleep

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ARTICLE; ATTACHMENT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SLEEP; STATISTICS; TIME; URBAN POPULATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACTIGRAPHY; ATTACHMENT; CHILD; PRESCHOOL; SLEEP;

ACTIGRAPHY; CANADA; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SLEEP; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84878596730     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: 1465735X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jst001     Document Type: Article

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