Journal
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOBIOLOGY
Volume 52, Issue 6, Pages 574-582Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20464
Keywords
cortisol; prematurity; behavior problems; stress; assessment
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- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [F32 HD056748]
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The purpose of the present study was to examine the relation between cortisol reactivity and comorbid internalizing and externalizing behavior problems among children born premature Children between the ages of 18 and 60 months who were born <37 weeks gestation and presented with clinically significant externalizing behavior problems were included Children were categorized based on those who mounted a cortisol response to a stressor and those who did not mount a cortisol response Children demonstrating the cortisol response were reported to have more problems with attention. emotional reactivity. anxiety, and depression based on maternal report and displayed higher rates of negative verbalizations during a mother-child interaction than children without a cortisol response These results extend the findings oldie relation between cortisol reactivity and comorbid internalizing and externalizing behavior problems to a sample of children born premature (C) 2010 Wiley Periodicals. Inc Dev Psychobiol 52 574-582. 2010
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