The start of a new school year: Individual differences in salivary cortisol response in relation to child temperament

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 188-196

  Davis, Elysia Poggi ^a   Donzella, Bonny ^a   Krueger, William K ^a   Gunnar, Megan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Cortisol; Temperament

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; EXTRAVERSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERAMENT;

AROUSAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; REFERENCE VALUES; SALIVA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0032756863     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2302(199911)35:3<188::AID-DEV3>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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