Perinatal factors, parenting behavior, and reactive aggression: Does cortisol reactivity mediate this developmental risk process?

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1211-1222

  Ryan, Stacy R ^a,b   Schechter, Julia C ^a   Brennan, Patricia A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosocial; Childhood; Cortisol; Perinatal risk factors; Reactive aggression

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; AGGRESSION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84867885786     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-012-9649-0     Document Type: Article

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