Interparental aggression and infant patterns of adrenocortical and behavioral stress responses

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 685-699

  Towe Goodman, Nissa R ^a   Stifter, Cynthia A ^b   Mills Koonce, W Roger ^a   Granger, Douglas A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Emotion regulation; Infancy; Interparental aggression; Negative reactivity

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADRENAL CORTEX; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PARENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADRENAL CORTEX; AGGRESSION; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; PARENTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84866455133     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20618     Document Type: Article

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