Marital conflict, allostatic load, and the development of children's fluid cognitive performance

Child Development

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2003-2014

  Hinnant, J Benjamin ^a   El Sheikh, Mona ^b   Keiley, Margaret ^b   Buckhalt, Joseph A ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOSTASIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA;

ALLOSTASIS; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84887366807     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12103     Document Type: Article

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