Cortisol awakening response and internalizing symptoms across childhood: Exploring the role of age and externalizing symptoms

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 289-295

  McGinnis, Ellen W ^a   Lopez Duran, Nestor ^a   Martinez Torteya, Cecilia ^b   Abelson, James L ^a   Muzik, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; CBCL; children; depression; developmental psychopathology; stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD; CORTISOL AWAKENING RESPONSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXTERNALIZING SYMPTOM; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INTERNALIZING SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 84973483978     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025415590185     Document Type: Article

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