Mothers, fathers, and toddlers: Parental psychosocial functioning as a context for young children's sleep

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1375-1384

  Bernier, Annie ^a   Bélanger, Marie ève ^a   Bordeleau, Stéphanie ^a   Carrier, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child sleep; Family SES; Longitudinal; Parental psychosocial functioning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84882588864     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030024     Document Type: Article

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