Adrenocortical underpinnings of children's psychological reactivity to interparental conflict

Child Development

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1693-1706

  Davies, Patrick T ^a   Sturge Apple, Melissa L ^a   Cicchetti, Dante ^b   Cummings, E Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFLICT; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA;

EID: 56449091901     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01219.x     Document Type: Article

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