Mechanisms of change: Testing how preventative interventions impact psychological and physiological stress functioning in mothers in neglectful families

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 27, Issue , 2015, Pages 1661-1674

  Toth, Sheree L ^a   Sturge Apple, Melissa L ^a   Rogosch, Fred A ^a   Cicchetti, Dante ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MOTHER; POVERTY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT; MALE; MOTHERS; PARENTING; POVERTY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84963600694     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579415001017     Document Type: Article

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