Oxytocin, cortisol, and triadic family interactions

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 679-684

  Gordon, Ilanit ^a   Zagoory Sharon, Orna ^a   Leckman, James F ^b   Feldman, Ruth ^a,b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Family interactions; Fathering; Mothering; Oxytocin; Parent infant relationship; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; OXYTOCIN;

AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILY INTERACTION; FATHER; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; PARENTHOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; TOUCH; TRIADIC SYNCHRONY;

ADULT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT; MALE; OXYTOCIN; PARENTING; SALIVA; TOUCH;

EID: 78149282224     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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