Maternal sensitivity and adrenocortical functioning across infancy and toddlerhood: Physiological adaptation to context?

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 303-317

  Berry, Daniel ^a   Blair, Clancy ^b   Willoughby, Michael ^c   Granger, Douglas A ^d,e   Mills Koonce, W Roger ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^g PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADAPTATION; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; SALIVA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SALIVA;

EID: 84963692237     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579416000158     Document Type: Article

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