Longitudinal relations between child vagal tone and parenting behavior: 2 to 4 years

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 10-21

  Kennedy, Amy E ^a   Rubin, Kenneth H ^a   Hastings, Paul D ^b   Maisel, Beth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation; Parenting; Vagal tone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC VAGUS TONE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREDICTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VAGUS TONE;

EID: 3042702386     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20013     Document Type: Article

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