Parents' psychological stress over time may affect children's cortisol at age 8

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 950-959

  Koch, Felix Sebastian ^a   Ludvigsson, Johnny ^a   Sepa, Anneli ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

blood sample; parenting stress; saliva cortisol; serious life events

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; NEWBORN; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77957165253     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: 1465735X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsp132     Document Type: Article

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