Children's patterns of emotional reactivity to conflict as explanatory mechanisms in links between interpartner aggression and child physiological functioning

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1384-1391

  Davies, Patrick T ^a   Sturge Apple, Melissa L ^a   Cicchetti, Dante ^b   Manning, Liviah G ^a   Zale, Emily ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation; Family factors; Hormones; Marital disharmony; Psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INDEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TODDLER;

AGGRESSION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DISSENT AND DISPUTES; EMOTIONS; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; SALIVA;

EID: 70350064441     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2009.02154.x     Document Type: Article

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