TY - JOUR
T1 - Stress and puberty-related hormone reactivity, negative emotionality, and parent-adolescent relationships
AU - Marceau, Kristine
AU - Dorn, Lorah D.
AU - Susman, Elizabeth J.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the intramural programs of the National Institute of Mental Health and National Institute of Child Health and Human Development . The NIMH and NICHD had no role in analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the paper for publication.
PY - 2012/8
Y1 - 2012/8
N2 - Hormone reactivity to stressors and hormones that rapidly change at puberty are hypothesized to influence moods, which may in turn affect parent-child relationship quality. The present study investigated whether reactivity of testosterone, DHEA, and cortisol in a clinic setting (venipuncture paradigm) predicted negative emotionality and family problems at Time 1 (0 months), Time 2 (6 months), and Time 3 (12 months) in a sample of 56 boys (M= 12.72, SD = 1.32 years) and 52 girls (M= 11.99, SD = 1.55 years). Reactivity of each hormone, negative emotionality, and family problems were measured at each of three laboratory visits. Testosterone reactivity at the first assessment predicted family problems one year later. DHEA stress reactivity was related to concurrent negative emotionality at six and 12 months. Cortisol reactivity did not predict negative emotionality or family problems. Reactivity of different hormones that change at puberty may play an important role in adolescent moods and family processes during puberty.
AB - Hormone reactivity to stressors and hormones that rapidly change at puberty are hypothesized to influence moods, which may in turn affect parent-child relationship quality. The present study investigated whether reactivity of testosterone, DHEA, and cortisol in a clinic setting (venipuncture paradigm) predicted negative emotionality and family problems at Time 1 (0 months), Time 2 (6 months), and Time 3 (12 months) in a sample of 56 boys (M= 12.72, SD = 1.32 years) and 52 girls (M= 11.99, SD = 1.55 years). Reactivity of each hormone, negative emotionality, and family problems were measured at each of three laboratory visits. Testosterone reactivity at the first assessment predicted family problems one year later. DHEA stress reactivity was related to concurrent negative emotionality at six and 12 months. Cortisol reactivity did not predict negative emotionality or family problems. Reactivity of different hormones that change at puberty may play an important role in adolescent moods and family processes during puberty.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.01.001
DO - 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.01.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 22284540
AN - SCOPUS:84862324897
SN - 0306-4530
VL - 37
SP - 1286
EP - 1298
JO - Psychoneuroendocrinology
JF - Psychoneuroendocrinology
IS - 8
ER -
