Understanding the relation of low income to HPA-axis functioning in preschool children: Cumulative family risk and parenting as pathways to disruptions in cortisol

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 924-942

  Zalewski, Maureen ^a   Lengua, Liliana J ^a   Kiff, Cara J ^a   Fisher, Philip A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Cortisol; Cumulative risk; Low income; Parenting practices

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INCOME; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SECRETION (PROCESS);

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INCOME; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84867846529     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-012-0304-3     Document Type: Article

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