Longitudinal stability and developmental properties of salivary cortisol levels and circadian rhythms from childhood to adolescence

Developmental Psychobiology - Tập 54 Số 5 - Trang 493-502 - 2012
Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff1, Amber L. Allison2, Jeffrey M. Armstrong3, Marcia J. Slattery3, Ned H. Kalin3, Marilyn J. Essex3
1Department of Psychology, University of New Orleans, 2000 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans, LA 70148, USA
2Department of Psychology, University of New Orleans, 2000 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans, LA 70148.
3Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI

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AbstractThis study aimed to (1) identify a stable, trait‐like component to cortisol and its circadian rhythm, and (2) investigate individual differences in developmental trajectories of HPA‐axis maturation. Multiple salivary cortisol samples were collected longitudinally across four assessments from age 9 (3rd grade) through age 15 (9th grade) in a community sample of children (N = 357). Sophisticated statistical models examined cortisol levels and its rhythm over time; effects of age, puberty and gender were primarily considered. In addition to situation‐specific and stable short‐term or epoch‐specific cortisol components, there is a stable, trait‐like component of cortisol levels and circadian rhythm across multiple years covering the transition from childhood into adolescence. Youth had higher cortisol and flatter circadian rhythms as they got older and more physically developed. Girls had higher cortisol, stronger circadian rhythms, and greater developmental influences across adolescence. Distinguishing a stable, trait‐like component of cortisol level and its circadian rhythm provides the empirical foundation for investigating putative mechanisms underlying individual differences in HPA functioning. The findings also provide important descriptive information about maturational processes influencing HPA‐axis development. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Dev Psychobiol 54: 493–502, 2012.

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Developmental Psychobiology

Tập 54 Số 5

493-502

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