Understanding the Relation of Low Income to HPA-Axis Functioning in Preschool Children: Cumulative Family Risk and Parenting as Pathways to Disruptions in Cortisol

Autor/inn/en	Zalewski, Maureen; Lengua, Liliana J.; Kiff, Cara J.; Fisher, Philip A.
Titel	Understanding the Relation of Low Income to HPA-Axis Functioning in Preschool Children: Cumulative Family Risk and Parenting as Pathways to Disruptions in Cortisol
Quelle	In: Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 43 (2012) 6, S.924-942 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-398X
DOI	10.1007/s10578-012-0304-3
Schlagwörter	At Risk Persons; Physiology; Child Rearing; Preschool Children; Parenting Styles; Poverty; Low Income; Correlation; Mothers; Prediction; Stress Variables; Parent Child Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Risikogruppe; Physiologie; Kindererziehung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Armut; Niedriglohn; Korrelation; Mother; Mutter; Vorhersage; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung
Abstract	This study examined the relation of low income and poverty to cortisol levels, and tested potential pathways from low income to disruptions in cortisol through cumulative family risk and parenting. The sample of 306 mothers and their preschool children included 29 % families at or near poverty, 27 % families below the median income, and the remaining families at middle and upper income. Lower income was related to lower morning cortisol levels, and cumulative risk predicted a flatter diurnal slope, with a significant indirect effect through maternal negativity, suggesting that parenting practices might mediate an allostatic effect on stress physiology. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10