Examining infants' cortisol responses to laboratory tasks among children varying in attachment disorganization: Stress reactivity or return to baseline?

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1771-1778

  Bernard, Kristin ^a   Dozier, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Cortisol; HPA system; Stress response

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RECREATION; SALIVA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AROUSAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PARENTING; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER; SALIVA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 78649305566     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020660     Document Type: Article

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