Salivary cortisol as a predictor of socioemotional adjustment during kindergarten: a prospective study.
Salivary cortisol as a predictor of socioemotional adjustment during kindergarten: a prospective study.
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唾液皮质醇作为幼儿园期间社会情绪调整的预测因子：一项前瞻性研究。
DOI：
10.1111/1467-8624.00393
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发表时间：
2002
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Goldsmith,HH
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作者：
Smider,NA;Essex,MJ;Kalin,NH;Buss,KA;Klein,MH;Davidson,RJ;Goldsmith,HH
本研究以172名儿童为样本，研究了4.5岁时在家测量的平均下午唾液皮质醇水平与一年半后母亲、父亲和教师报告的社会情绪适应之间的关系。假设皮质醇水平与戒断型行为正相关（例如，内化，社交谨慎），并与接近型行为呈负相关，无论是消极的还是积极的（例如，外化，学校参与）。在4.5岁时，较高的皮质醇水平预测更多的内化行为和社会戒心的报告，由教师和母亲，虽然儿童性别调节皮质醇和母亲的报告措施之间的关系。男孩的皮质醇水平与父亲的外化行为呈负相关。儿童皮质醇水平和教师的学校参与报告之间的边际负相关。行为评估同时收集皮质醇没有占观察到的前瞻性关系，这表明皮质醇增加了独特的理解行为发展。
This study, based on a sample of 172 children, examined the relation between average afternoon salivary cortisol levels measured at home at age 4.5 years and socioemotional adjustment a year and a half later, as reported by mothers, fathers, and teachers. Cortisol levels were hypothesized to be positively associated with withdrawal‐type behaviors (e.g., internalizing, social wariness) and inversely related to approach‐type behaviors, both negative and positive (e.g., externalizing, school engagement). Higher cortisol levels at age 4.5 predicted more internalizing behavior and social wariness as reported by teachers and mothers, although child gender moderated the relation between cortisol and mother report measures. An inverse relation was found between boys’ cortisol levels and father report of externalizing behavior. A marginal inverse relation was found between child cortisol levels and teacher report of school engagement. Behavior assessed concurrently with cortisol collection did not account for the prospective relations observed, suggesting that cortisol adds uniquely to an understanding of behavioral development.