Regulatory skill as a resilience factor for adults with a history of foster care: A pilot study

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-16

  Johnson, Angela J ^a   Tottenham, Nim ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Foster care; HPA axis; Human; Regulation; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SALIVA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; REACTION TIME; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920129772     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21227     Document Type: Article

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