Understanding cortisol reactivity across the day at child care: The potential buffering role of secure attachments to caregivers

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 156-165

  Badanes, Lisa S ^a   Dmitrieva, Julia ^a   Watamura, Sarah Enos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Child care; Cortisol; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 81455132672     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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