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ERIC Number: EJ392563
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Attachment, Temperament, and Adrenocortical Activity in Infancy. A Study of Psychoendocrine Regulation.
Gunnar, Megan R.; And Others
Developmental Psychology, v25 n3 p355-63 May 1989
Examined relations among adrenocortical stress reactivity, infant emotional or proneness-to-distress temperament, and quality of attachment in 66 infants tested at 9 and 13 months. Adrenocortical activity was not associated with attachment classifications. Significant only at 9 months, elevations in cortisol were small. (RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attachment Behavior, Infants, Personality, Psychophysiology
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Adrenocortical Stress Reactivity; Distress; Psychoendocrine Regulation
Note: Thematic Issue: Special Section on Development of Emotion Regulation.