Effects of motherhood on physiological and subjective responses to infant cries in teenage mothers: A comparison with non-mothers and adult mothers

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 149-158

  Giardino, Jennifer ^a   Gonzalez, Andrea ^a   Steiner, Meir ^b,c   Fleming, Alison S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Father Sean O'Sullivan Res Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent mothers; Cortisol; Heart rate; Maternal behavior; Maternal motivation

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BABY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; EMPLOYMENT; FATHER; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SELF REPORT; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; CRYING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; SALIVA; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 37449033479     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.09.010     Document Type: Article

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