Sleep concordance in couples is associated with relationship characteristics

Sleep

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 933-939

  Gunn, Heather E ^a   Buysse, Daniel J ^a   Hasler, Brant P ^a   Begley, Amy ^a   Troxel, Wendy M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Concordance; Couples; Marital satisfaction; Relationships

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; FAMILY SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SATISFACTION; SLEEP; SPOUSE; TIME; WAKEFULNESS;

ACTIGRAPHY; ADULT; ANXIETY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SLEEP; SPOUSES; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84931084503     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5665/sleep.4744     Document Type: Article

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