Psychophysiological Correlates of Parenting Behavior in Mothers of Young Children

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 650-661

  Mills Koonce, W Roger ^a   Propper, Cathi ^a   Gariepy, Jean Louis ^a   Barnett, Melissa ^b   Moore, Ginger A ^c   Calkins, Susan ^d   Cox, Martha J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Human; Mothers; Parenting; RSA; Vagal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFANT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 73349097539     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20400     Document Type: Article

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