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Hair Cortisol Concentrations In High- And Low-Stress Mother-Daughter Dyads, Sarah J. Ouellette
Hair Cortisol Concentrations In High- And Low-Stress Mother-Daughter Dyads, Sarah J. Ouellette
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Hair cortisol concentrations (HCC) are receiving increased attention as a novel biomarker of psychophysiological responses to chronic stress. I examined the validity of HCC as a marker of psychosocial stress in mother-daughter dyads characterized by high (n = 30) or low (n = 30) maternal chronic stress. Additionally, I examined whether early care and daughters’ symptoms moderated similarity of HCC levels within dyads. Finally, I examined chronic stress and early caregiving as potential mediators of children’s cortisol stability. High-stress mothers had significantly lower HCC compared to low-stress mothers. Further, HCC in daughters were significantly associated with previously assessed …