PARENTAL COMPLIANCE WITH CHILD SALIVARY CORTISOL SAMPLING: IMPACT ON CHILDREN'S CORTISOL DATA

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dc.contributor.advisorDougherty, Lea Ren_US
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Victoriaen_US
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-28T05:53:36Z
dc.date.available2013-06-28T05:53:36Z
dc.date.issued2013en_US
dc.description.abstractStudies assessing hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis functioning in young children commonly involve parental collection of salivary cortisol in ambulatory settings. However, no data are available on the compliance of parents in collecting ambulatory measures of children's salivary cortisol. This study examined the effects of parental compliance on the cortisol awakening response (CAR) and diurnal cortisol slopes in a sample of preschoolers. Eighty-one parents were instructed to collect their child's salivary cortisol samples upon their child's waking, 30 and 45 minutes post-waking and before bedtime on two weekdays. Subjective parental compliance was assessed using parent-report, and objective parental compliance was assessed using an electronic monitoring device. Rates of compliance were higher based on parent-report than electronic monitoring. Parental noncompliance as indicated by electronic monitoring was associated with higher waking cortisol and lower CAR. Findings suggest the need to incorporate electronic monitoring of parental compliance into developmental neuroendocrine research, especially when assessing the CAR.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/14011
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPsychobiologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledchildrenen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcomplianceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcortisol awakening responseen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledelectronic monitoringen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledsalivary cortisol samplingen_US
dc.titlePARENTAL COMPLIANCE WITH CHILD SALIVARY CORTISOL SAMPLING: IMPACT ON CHILDREN'S CORTISOL DATAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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