Family Relations, Stress, and Vulnerability: Biobehavioral Implications for Prevention and Practice

Family Relations

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 9-23

  Ha, Thao ^a   Granger, Douglas A ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Biological stress system; Coregulation; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis; Prevention; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961262456     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fare.12173     Document Type: Article

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