Maternal and Child Contributions to Cortisol Response to Emotional Arousal in Young Children From Low-Income, Rural Communities

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1095-1109

  Blair, Clancy ^a   Granger, Douglas A ^a   Kivlighan, Katie T ^a   Mills Koonce, Roger ^b   Willoughby, Michael ^b   Greenberg, Mark T ^a   Hibel, Leah C ^a   Fortunato, Christine K ^a   Family Life Project Investigators, ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

cortisol; infancy; parenting; poverty

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHEMISTRY; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SALIVA; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TEMPERAMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; POVERTY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; RURAL POPULATION; SALIVA; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 47249132188     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.44.4.1095     Document Type: Article

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