Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10306330 | Psychoneuroendocrinology | 2012 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
The current study is the first to investigate the relation between the spontaneous use of reappraisal and suppression, and physiological stress responses to a psychosocial stressor in children. Our results indicate that reappraisal and suppression are used and can be measured even in 10-year-olds. At this age reappraisal appears ineffective at down-regulating physiological responses, while suppression was related to lower physiological responses. For cortisol reactivity there was a sex difference in the relation with suppression, indicating the importance of including sex as a moderator variable in research studying stress reactivity and its correlates in this age group.
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Authors
Danielle M.J. de Veld, J. Marianne Riksen-Walraven, Carolina de Weerth,