Salivary α-Amylase and Intended Harsh Caregiving in Response to Infant Crying: Evidence for Physiological Hyperreactivity

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 295-305

  Out, Dorothée ^a,b   Bakermans Kranenburg, Marian J ^b   van Pelt, Johannes ^c   van IJzendoorn, Marinus H ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

child abuse; harsh caregiving; infant crying; perception; salivary amylase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMYLASE SALIVA ISOENZYME;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHEMISTRY; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CRYING; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTLESSNESS; SALIVA; SECRETION (PROCESS); TWINS;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD ABUSE; CRYING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARENTING; PITCH PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALIVA; SALIVARY ALPHA-AMYLASES;

EID: 84870945364     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559512464427     Document Type: Article

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