Attachment, depression, and cortisol: Deviant patterns in insecure-resistant and disorganized infants

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 441-452

  Luijk, Maartje P C M ^a,b   Saridjan, Nathalie ^b   Tharner, Anne ^b   Van Ijzendoorn, Marinus H ^a   Bakermans Kranenburg, Marian J ^a   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^b   Hofman, Albert ^b   Verhulst, Frank C ^b   Tiemeier, Henning ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attachment; Cortisol; Diurnal rhythm; Infant; Maternal depression; Parents; Stress reactivity

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; OBJECT RELATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING;

EID: 77954344476     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20446     Document Type: Article

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