Adoption as an intervention for institutionally reared children: HPA functioning and developmental status

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 829-837

  Kroupina, Maria G ^a   Fuglestad, Anita J ^b   Iverson, Sandra L ^c   Himes, John H ^b   Mason, Patrick W ^d   Gunnar, Megan R ^b   Miller, Bradley S ^b   Petryk, Anna ^b   Johnson, Dana E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c North Metro Pediatrics   (United States)

^d QUEST DIAGNOSTICS NICHOLS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early experience; Glucocorticoids; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal; Institutional care; Social and emotional development; Stress neurobiology

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INFANT; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADOPTION; CHILD, INSTITUTIONALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; ORPHANAGES; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84866170406     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2012.07.011     Document Type: Article

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