Multiple risks, emotion regulation skill, and cortisol in low-income African American youth: A prospective study

Journal of Black Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-43

  Kliewer, Wendy ^a,b   Reid Quinones, Kathryn ^a   Shields, Brian J ^a   Foutz, Lauren ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cortisol; Emotion regulation; Multiple risks; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149143042     PISSN: 00957984     EISSN: 15524558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095798408323355     Document Type: Article

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