Child care and cortisol across early childhood: Context matters

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 514-525

  Berry, Daniel ^a   Blair, Clancy ^b   Ursache, Alexandra ^b   Willoughby, Michael ^c   Garrett Peters, Patricia ^c   Vernon Feagans, Lynne ^c   Bratsch Hines, Mary ^c   Roger Mills Koonce, W ^c   Granger, Douglas A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Cortisol; Cumulative risk; Poverty

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AGE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHEMISTRY; CHILD CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METABOLISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SALIVA;

AGE FACTORS; CAREGIVERS; CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SALIVA;

EID: 84893702970     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033379     Document Type: Article

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