Autonomic reactivity of children to separation and reunion with foster parents

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1196-1203

  Oosterman, Mirjam ^a   Schuengel, Carlo ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Children in foster care; Disinhibited attachment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HEART PREEJECTION PERIOD; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA;

ANXIETY, SEPARATION; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; CARDIOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 34548102398     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/chi.0b013e3180ca839f     Document Type: Article

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