Adolescenceâ€" beginning with the onset of puberty and ending in the mid-20sâ€" is a
critical period of development during which key areas of the brain mature and develop …

Do partners' levels of physiological arousal become linked in close relationships? The term
physiological linkage describes covariation between people in their moment-to-moment …

Of the many conceptual distinctions present in psychology today, the approach-avoidance
distinction stands out as one of, if not the, most fundamental and basic. The distinction …

Early life stress (ELS) and function of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis predict later
psychopathology. Animal studies and cross-sectional human studies suggest that this …

Aim To evaluate the effects of almost continuous skin-to-skin contact (SSC) on salivary
cortisol, parental stress, parental depression, and breastfeeding. Study design This is a …

BACKGROUND: The nonapeptide oxytocin (OT) has been repeatedly implicated in
processes of parent-infant bonding in animal models; yet, its role in the development of …

Diathesis-stress models of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders have dominated
theorizing about etiology for over three decades. More recently, with advances in our …

Inconsistencies exist in literature examining hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis
activity in children and adults who have experienced childhood abuse. Hence, the extent …

Although a majority of adults live with a close relationship partner, little is known about
whether and how partners' momentary affect and physiology covary, or “coregulate.” This …

This manuscript provides a critical review of the literature on parent–child physiological
synchrony—the matching of biological states between parents and children. All eligible …