Adult support and adrenocortical response of three-year-old children in a novel playgroup context

Cahiers de Psychologie Cognitive

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 635-665

  Legendre, Alain ^a,c   Trudel, Marcel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEBEC   (Canada)

^c Lab de Psychologie Environnementale   (France)

Author keywords

Attachment; Cortisol; Preschool children; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004921908     PISSN: 02499185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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