Friday, February 22, 2008

Family context influences stress hormone

Continuous production of the stress hormone cortisol is affected by growing up in difficult situations, a study in Canada found. The study, published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, found 40 percent of differences in cortisol production were genetically determined, but growing up in difficult family circumstances overrode this genetic effect.

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Posted by Tom Beckman on 02/22 at 09:31 AM
Children • Hormones • Parenting • Stress • (0) Comments • Permalink
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