Peer victimization predicts heightened inflammatory reactivity to social stress in cognitively vulnerable adolescents

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 129-139

  Giletta, Matteo ^a   Slavich, George M ^b   Rudolph, Karen D ^c   Hastings, Paul D ^d   Nock, Matthew K ^e   Prinstein, Mitchell J ^f  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; cytokines; hopelessness; Peer victimization; social stress

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IL1B PROTEIN, HUMAN; IL6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; BULLYING; CRIME VICTIM; FEMALE; HOPE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; SALIVA;

ADOLESCENT; BULLYING; CRIME VICTIMS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HOPE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; INTERLEUKIN-6; PEER GROUP; RISK; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 85029297667     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12804     Document Type: Article

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