Temperament and emotion regulation: The role of autonomic nervous system reactivity

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 266-279

  Stifter, Cynthia A ^a   Dollar, Jessica M ^a   Cipriano, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Emotion regulation; Parasympathetic reactivity; Sympathetic reactivity; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BREATHING; COGNITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CONTROL; TEMPERAMENT;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATION; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 79952591761     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20519     Document Type: Article

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