Childhood sexual abuse is associated with cortisol awakening response over pregnancy: Preliminary findings

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1425-1430

  Bublitz, Margaret H ^a   Stroud, Laura R ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Cortisol; Cortisol awakening response; Cortisol slope; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTISOL AWAKENING RESPONSE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MOTHER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; SALIVA; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84864757435     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.01.009     Document Type: Article

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