My mother is sensitive, but I am too tired to know: Infant sleep as a moderator of prospective relations between maternal sensitivity and infant outcomes

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 682-694

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

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actigraphy; Attachment; Executive functioning; Infant sleep; Maternal sensitivity; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTACHMENT SECURITY; CHILD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL SENSITIVITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORY OF MIND; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONFLICT; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACTIGRAPHY; ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908073738     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: 19348800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2014.08.011     Document Type: Article

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