Autonomic Functioning Moderates the Relations Between Contextual Factors and Externalizing Behaviors Among Inner-City Children

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 500-510

  Bubier, Jennifer L ^a   Drabick, Deborah A G ^a   Breiner, Tyler ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

autonomic functioning; externalizing behaviors; neighborhood; parenting

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CONTROL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NEGRO; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VAGUS NERVE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AROUSAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; CHILD; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PHILADELPHIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; URBAN POPULATION; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 68949217029     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015555     Document Type: Article

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