Early Social Deprivation and the Social Buffering of Cortisol Stress Responses in Late Childhood: An Experimental Study

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1597-1608

  Hostinar, Camelia E ^a   Johnson, A E ^b   Gunnar, Megan R ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; HPA axis; Parent support; Postinstitutionalized children; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOPTION; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INSTITUTIONALIZED CHILD; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SALIVA; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ADOPTION; CHILD; CHILD, INSTITUTIONALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PARENTING; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84945933566     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/dev0000029     Document Type: Article

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