Research on the development of self-regulation in young children provides a unifying
framework for the study of school readiness. Self-regulation abilities allow for engagement in …

Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and cortisol are the most abundant hormones of the
human fetal and adult adrenals released as end products of a tightly coordinated endocrine …

Why Love Matters explains why loving relationships are essential to brain development in
the early years, and how these early interactions can have lasting consequences for future …

This new edition of the bestselling text, Nurturing Natures, provides an indispensable
synthesis of the latest scientific knowledge about children's emotional development …

High levels of maternal employment in the United States and throughout the world have led
to substantive changes in the rearing of infants and young children (Waldfogel, 2002) …

Negative perceptions about the child and child behavior are implicit in parenting stress, a
construct associated with suboptimal parenting and child outcomes. We examined the extent …

Highlights•Physiological stress responses may offer a pathway linking attachment and
health.•Attachment insecurity predicts dysregulated HPA, SAM and immune …

Many promising findings support the notion that social relationships can dampen
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis stress responses and protect individuals …

Objective: This article explored whether preschoolers' physical (body mass index [BMI] and
salivary cortisol levels) and psychological (internalizing/externalizing behaviors) well-being …

Within a Clinical Model of teacher preparation, teacher candidates spend sustained time in
classrooms, where they are inevitably exposed to children who experience trauma. It is …