Stressful life events and daily stressors affect awakening cortisol level in midlife mothers of individuals with autism spectrum disorders

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 939-949

  Wong, Jen D ^a   Seltzer, Marsha M ^a   Greenberg, Jan S ^a   Hong, Jinkuk ^a   Almeida, David M ^b   Coe, Christopher L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

caregivers; cortisol; stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; WAKEFULNESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84867809801     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2012.688191     Document Type: Article

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