Experiences With Parents and Youth Physical Health Symptoms and Cortisol: A Daily Diary Investigation

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• Alternative Title:
  J Res Adolesc
• Personal Author:
  Lippold, Melissa A. ; McHale, Susan M. ; Davis, Kelly D. ; Almeida, David M. ; King, Rosalind B.
• Description:
  Using daily diary data, this study examined the associations between positive and negative parent-youth experiences and youth cortisol and physical health symptoms among a sample of adolescents (|=132, Mean Age = 13.39). On days when girls reported more negative experiences than usual, they exhibited more physical health symptoms and flatter evening cortisol slopes than usual. Negative experiences with mothers were associated with higher dinner and bedtime youth cortisol levels (between-person). Daily positive experiences with fathers were linked with lower dinner cortisol levels. Youth with high levels of negative experiences, on average, were less sensitive to daily variation in negative experiences than youth who experienced lower parental negativity. We discuss the benefits of a daily diary approach.
• Keywords:
  Cortisol Daily Diary Methods HPA Axis Parent-child Relationships Physical Health Symptoms
• Source:
  J Res Adolesc. 26(2):226-240
• Pubmed ID:
  27231418
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4876874
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U01 HD051217/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01 OH008788/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U01 AG027669/AG/NIA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01 HD059773/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01 HD051256/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R03 AG046393/AG/NIA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01 HD051276/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01 HD051218/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e8ed9fc193659abcefdaf11d0308b9dcb731ca3e8ef8a75f4e8f958c1aa3cb8d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/42115/cdc_42115_DS1.pdf
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