Dyadic Attunement and Physiological Synchrony During Mother-Child Interactions: An Exploratory Study in Children With and Without Externalizing Behavior Problems

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 624-633

  Woltering, Steven ^a,b   Lishak, Victoria ^b   Elliott, Brittney ^c   Ferraro, Leonardo ^b   Granic, Isabela ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Conduct disorder; Dyadic attunement; Externalizing; Heart rate; Internalizing; Physiological synchrony; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONNECTEDNESS LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYADIC ATTUNEMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; JOINT ATTENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL SYNCHRONY; RECIPROCITY; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84948572761     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: 15733505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10862-015-9480-3     Document Type: Article

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