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Family conflict, chaos, and negative life events predict cortisol activity in low‐income children
dc.contributor.authorDoom, Jenalee R.
dc.contributor.authorCook, Stephanie H.
dc.contributor.authorSturza, Julie
dc.contributor.authorKaciroti, Niko
dc.contributor.authorGearhardt, Ashley N.
dc.contributor.authorVazquez, Delia M.
dc.contributor.authorLumeng, Julie C.
dc.contributor.authorMiller, Alison L.
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-11T18:00:14Z
dc.date.available2019-07-01T14:52:17Zen
dc.date.issued2018-05
dc.identifier.citationDoom, Jenalee R.; Cook, Stephanie H.; Sturza, Julie; Kaciroti, Niko; Gearhardt, Ashley N.; Vazquez, Delia M.; Lumeng, Julie C.; Miller, Alison L. (2018). "Family conflict, chaos, and negative life events predict cortisol activity in low‐income children." Developmental Psychobiology 60(4): 364-379.
dc.identifier.issn0012-1630
dc.identifier.issn1098-2302
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/144279
dc.description.abstractChildhood poverty is hypothesized to increase risk for mental and physical health problems at least in part through dysregulation of the hypothalamic‐pituitary‐adrenal axis. However, less is known about the specific psychosocial stressors associated with cortisol reactivity and regulation for children living in poverty. The current study investigates negative life events, household chaos, and family conflict in preschool and middle childhood as potential predictors of cortisol regulation in low‐income 7–10 year olds (N = 242; M age = 7.9 years). Participants were assessed in preschool and participated in a follow‐up assessment in middle childhood, during which diurnal free cortisol and free cortisol reactivity to the Trier Social Stress Test for Children (TSST‐C) were assessed. Household chaos during preschool predicted a more blunted diurnal cortisol slope in middle childhood. Greater negative life events during preschool and greater concurrent family conflict were associated with increased free cortisol reactivity in middle childhood.
dc.publisherSouthwest Family Institute
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.
dc.subject.otherpoverty
dc.subject.otherchaos
dc.subject.otherchildhood
dc.subject.othercortisol
dc.subject.otherfamily conflict
dc.subject.othernegative life events
dc.titleFamily conflict, chaos, and negative life events predict cortisol activity in low‐income children
dc.typeArticleen_US
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dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEcology and Evolutionary Biology
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelScience
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Reviewed
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dc.identifier.doi10.1002/dev.21602
dc.identifier.sourceDevelopmental Psychobiology
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