Return to school accompanied by changing associations between family ecology and cortisol

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 183-195

  DeCaro, Jason A ^a   Worthman, Carol M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Parent child relationships; School entry; Social ecology

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINDERGARTEN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL REENTRY; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BLOOD; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY SIZE; FOLLOW UP; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AROUSAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INDIVIDUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 41649085417     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20255     Document Type: Article

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