Intimate Partner Violence Moderates the Association Between Mother-Infant Adrenocortical Activity Across an Emotional Challenge

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 615-625

  Hibel, Leah C ^a   Granger, Douglas A ^b   Blair, Clancy ^c   Cox, Martha J ^d   The Family Life Project Key Investigators, ^b,d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

cortisol; infants; intimate partner violence; mothers; stress reactivity

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

ADRENAL CORTEX; AROUSAL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFANT; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SPOUSE ABUSE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 70350126798     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016323     Document Type: Article

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