Stress Contagion: Physiological Covariation Between Mothers and Infants

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 934-942

  Waters, Sara F ^a   West, Tessa V ^b   Mendes, Wendy Berry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

electrophysiology; emotional development; infant development; social behavior; stress reactions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84898900861     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613518352     Document Type: Article

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