Maternal depression and infant daytime cortisol

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 334-351

  Azak, Schale ^a,b   Murison, Robert ^c   Wentzel Larsen, Tore ^d,e   Smith, Lars ^f   Gunnar, Megan R ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b LOVISENBERG DIAKONALE HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d Centre of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Regions South and East   (Norway)

^e Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies   (Norway)

^f National Network for Infant Mental Health   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Comorbid; Cortisol; Depression; Infant; Longitudinal data; Mother; Multilevel; Parenting stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SECRETION (PROCESS); TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84876154613     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21033     Document Type: Article

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