Stress system development from age 4.5 to 6: Family environment predictors and adjustment implications of HPA activity stability versus change

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 340-354

  Laurent, Heidemarie K ^a   Neiderhiser, Jenae M ^b   Natsuaki, Misaki N ^c   Shaw, Daniel S ^d   Fisher, Philip A ^e,f   Reiss, David ^g   Leve, Leslie D ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^f OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER   (United States)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adopted children; Adversity; Childhood; Cortisol; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Longitudinal; Stability

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOPTED CHILD; ADVERSITY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-ADRENAL AXIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PARENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STABILITY;

ADOPTED CHILDREN; ADVERSITY; CHILDHOOD; CORTISOL; HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-ADRENAL AXIS; LONGITUDINAL; STABILITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENTS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84897583981     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21103     Document Type: Article

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