Dismissing child attachment and discordance for subjective and neuroendocrine responses to vulnerability

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 584-591

  Borelli, Jessica L ^a   West, Jessica L ^b   Weekes, Nicole Y ^a   Crowley, Michael J ^c  

^a POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Cortisol; Dismissal; Emotion

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTACHMENT; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISMISSAL; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OBJECT RELATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA;

ATTACHMENT; CORTISOL; DISMISSAL; EMOTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84897653387     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21107     Document Type: Article

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