Cortisol

Stress, cortisol, and externalizing behavior in adolescent males: an examination in the context of multisystemic therapy

Stress and hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis dysregulation have been associated with externalizing behavior in adolescence, but...

Timing matters: long term effects of adversities from prenatal period up to adolescence on adolescents’ cortisol stress response

Objective Altered cortisol response is a vulnerability marker for a variety of stress-related diseases and...

Effect of holding on co-regulation in preterm infants: A randomized controlled trial

Objective To determine whether kangaroo holding of healthy preterm infants over the first eight weeks...

Afternoon cortisol in elementary school classrooms: Associations with peer and teacher support and child behavior

In response to a general paucity of research exploring biological markers of behavior in children...