Beyond allostatic load: Rethinking the role of stress in regulating human development

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-20

  Ellis, Bruce J ^a   Del Giudice, Marco ^b  

^a Environmental Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLOSTASIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALLOSTASIS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84896488705     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579413000849     Document Type: Article

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