Adrenocortical attunement in mother-child dyads: Importance of situational and behavioral characteristics

Biological Psychology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 104-111

  Ruttle, Paula L ^a   Serbin, Lisa A ^b   Stack, Dale M ^b   Schwartzman, Alex E ^b   Shirtcliff, Elizabeth A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Attunement; Behavioral sensitivity; Cortisol; Increased threat; Mother child dyad

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTUNEMENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SALIVA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052463871     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.06.014     Document Type: Article

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