Attachment and emotion in school-aged children

Emotion

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 475-485

  Borelli, Jessica L ^a   Crowley, Michael J ^b   David, Daryn H ^c   Sbarra, David A ^d   Anderson, George M ^b   Mayes, Linda C ^b  

^a POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Cortisol; Emotion; Middle childhood; Psychophysiology; Startle

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; SALIVA LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF EVALUATION; STARTLE REFLEX; THREAT; AFFECT; CHEMISTRY; OBJECT RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AFFECT; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77955730873     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018490     Document Type: Article

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