Associations between Infants' crying, sleep and cortisol secretion and mother's sleep and well-being

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 39-51

  Brand, Serge ^a   Furlano, Raoul ^b   Sidler, Marc ^b   Schulz, Jürgen ^c   Holsboer Trachsler, Edith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c Institute of Osteopathy   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cortisol secretion; Crying behavior; Family strain; Infantile colic; Infants' sleep patterns; Mothers' health status

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLIC; CRYING; DEPRESSION; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; INFANT; INFANTILE COLIC; MALE; MOTHER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SLEEP PATTERN; WAKEFULNESS; INFANT DISEASE; SALIVA; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS); SLEEP;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COLIC; CRYING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT; MALE; MOTHERS; SALIVA; SLEEP;

EID: 84892686759     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: 14230224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000356968     Document Type: Article

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