The Parenting Context of Children's Sleep

Sleep and Development: Familial and Socio-Cultural Considerations

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Erath, Stephen A ^a   Tu, Kelly M ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Children's sleep; Parent child relationship; Parenting; Sleep related cognitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921032818     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195395754.003.0002     Document Type: Chapter

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