The rise in cortisol in family day care: Associations with aspects of care quality, child behavior, and child sex

Description:

A comparison between salivary cortisol, a stress response indicator, measured mid-morning to mid-afternoon at home and while in attendance at full-time home based child care, and an examination of the relationships between cortisol levels and child care quality, sex, and child behavior, for 151 children ages 3- through 5-years-old

Resource Type:

Reports & Papers

Author(s):

Gunner Megan; Kryzer Erin M.; Van Ryzin Mark J.; Phillips Deborah A.

Funder(s):

National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.); NICHD Early Child Care Research Network

Country:

United States

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