Understanding relations among early family environment, cortisol response, and child aggression via a prevention experiment

Child Development

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 290-305

  O'Neal, Colleen R ^a   Brotman, Laurie Miller ^a   Huang, Keng Yen ^a   Gouley, Kathleen Kiely ^a   Kamboukos, Dimitra ^a   Calzada, Esther J ^a   Pine, Daniel S ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY CHILD STUDY CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA; SECRETION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONDUCT DISORDER; FAMILY; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76749118594     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01395.x     Document Type: Article

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