Cardiac vagal regulation across the preschool period: Stability, continuity, and implications for childhood adjustment

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 101-112

  Calkins, Susan D ^a   Keane, Susan P ^a  

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

Author keywords

Emotion; Respiratory sinus arrhythmia; Self regulation; Vagal regulation

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROVOCATION TEST; RATING SCALE; SELF CONTROL; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; VAGUS TONE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AROUSAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; STATISTICS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 7544245982     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20020     Document Type: Article

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