Infants' and mothers' vagal reactivity in response to anger

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1392-1400

  Moore, Ginger A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation; Infancy; Parent child interaction; Psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ANGER; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EXCITEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; VAGUS TONE;

ANGER; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHERS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 70350057462     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2009.02171.x     Document Type: Article

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