Sleeping with one eye open: Loneliness and sleep quality in young adults

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 2177-2186

  Matthews, T ^a   Danese, A ^a,b,c   Gregory, A M ^d   Caspi, A ^a,e   Moffitt, T E ^a,e   Arseneault, L ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Key words Loneliness; mental health; sleep quality; violence victimization; young adulthood

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD ABUSE SURVIVOR; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA SURVIVOR; ENGLAND; EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TWINS; WALES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ADVERSE EVENTS; ENGLAND; EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SLEEP; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; WALES;

EID: 85019262516     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291717000629     Document Type: Article

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