Interparental aggression and children's adrenocortical reactivity: Testing an evolutionary model of allostatic load

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 801-814

  Davies, Patrick T ^a   Sturge Apple, Melissa L ^a   Cicchetti, Dante ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; ALLOSTASIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; METABOLISM; MOTHER; PARENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SALIVA; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TEMPERAMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGGRESSION; ALLOSTASIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTHERS; PARENTS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SALIVA; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 80054954170     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579411000319     Document Type: Article

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