Maternal and paternal plasma, salivary, and urinary oxytocin and parent-infant synchrony: Considering stress and affiliation components of human bonding

Developmental Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 752-761

  Feldman, Ruth ^a   Gordon, Ilanit ^a   Zagoory Sharon, Orna ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOVE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MOTHER; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SALIVA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; URINE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOVE; MALE; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; OXYTOCIN; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; SALIVA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79959322096     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2010.01021.x     Document Type: Article

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