Salivary gonadal and adrenal hormone differences in boys and girls with and without disruptive behavior disorders: Contextual variants

Biological Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-39

  Dorn, Lorah D ^a   Kolko, David J ^b   Susman, Elizabeth J ^c   Huang, Bin ^a   Stein, Howard ^d   Music, Edvin ^d   Bukstein, Oscar G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal androgens; Conduct disorder; Context; Cortisol; Disruptive behavior disorders; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PEER PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PARENTS; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; SALIVA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 62649088883     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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