Adolescents' Increasing Stress Response to Social Evaluation: Pubertal Effects on Cortisol and Alpha-Amylase During Public Speaking

Child Development

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 220-236

  Van den Bos, Esther ^a   de Rooij, Mark ^a   Miers, Anne C ^a   Bokhorst, Caroline L ^a   Westenberg, P Michiel ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMYLASE SALIVA ISOENZYME; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBERTY; SECRETION (PROCESS); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PUBERTY; SALIVARY ALPHA-AMYLASES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84894901579     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12118     Document Type: Article

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