Direct and moderating links of salivary alpha-amylase and cortisol stress-reactivity to youth behavioral and emotional adjustment

Biological Psychology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-64

  Allwood, Maureen A ^a   Handwerger, Kathryn ^b   Kivlighan, Katie T ^c   Granger, Douglas A ^d   Stroud, Laura R ^e  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; ANS; Anxiety; Behavior; Children; Cortisol; HPA; Saliva alpha amylase; SNS; Stress

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; EXTERNALIZING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTERNALIZING BEHAVIOR; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEER GROUP; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; STRESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ALPHA-AMYLASES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SALIVA; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80052508866     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.06.008     Document Type: Article

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