Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6818179 | Psychoneuroendocrinology | 2016 | 34 Pages |
Abstract
This study demonstrates the within-subject up-regulation of the HPA-axis across three weeks in a healthy sample of youth exposed to natural increases in family conflict. In particular, cortisol at bedtime may be the HPA-axis index that is most sensitive to change over time in parent-child conflict, above and beyond conflict occurring that day. Further, when testing associations between family stressors and diurnal cortisol, the optimal schedule for assessing parent-child conflict varies for different indices of HPA-axis functioning.
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Authors
Kate R. Kuhlman, Rena L. Repetti, Bridget M. Reynolds, Theodore F. Robles,