Effects of institutional rearing on children's diurnal cortisol production.

Autor: Chernego D; St. Petersburg State University, Russian Federation. Electronic address: chernego@gmail.com., Martin C; University of Delaware, United States., Bernard K; Stony Brook University, United States., Muhamedrahimov R; St. Petersburg State University, Russian Federation., Kathleen Gordon M; University of Delaware, United States., Dozier M; University of Delaware, United States.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Psychoneuroendocrinology [Psychoneuroendocrinology] 2019 Aug; Vol. 106, pp. 161-164. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Apr 09.
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.04.010
Abstrakt: Young children living in institutional settings often show a range of deficits in social, physical, and cognitive functioning. Whereas the diurnal production of cortisol has been examined among post-institutionalized children in a number of investigations, studies of children continuing to live in institutions are limited. In this study, we assessed wake-up and bedtime cortisol among 73 children living in Russia, with 52 institutionally-reared (n = 31 at time 2), and 21 family-reared (n = 18 at time 2). Institutionally-reared children showed a blunter wake-up to bedtime slope than family-reared children at both time 1 and time 2, with significantly higher cortisol levels at bedtime. These findings highlight the deleterious effects of institutional care on children's developing neuroendocrine regulation.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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