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http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/112141050/PDFSTART

Childcare as a Stabilizing Influence on HPA Axis Functioning: A 
Reevaluation of Maternal Occupational Patterns and Familial Relations

Dev Psychobiol 47: 354-368, 2005.
C.C. Chryssanthopoulou, J.M. Turner-Cobb, A. Lucas

ABSTRACT: The influence of family relations, maternal occupational 
characteristics, and childcare1 utilization on preschool children's 
cortisol production were investigated in 56 mother-child dyads. Family 
characteristics and maternal employment, childcare and child temperament 
were reported by mothers. Morning and evening levels of children's salivary 
cortisol were obtained. Children in highly expressive or reserved families 
exhibited higher cortisol levels compared to children in moderately 
expressive families. Elevated levels of cortisol were detected in children 
of mothers reporting low levels of job role quality or high levels of 
emotional exhaustion. Frequent childcare use was found to protect children 
against the physiological effects of low maternal job role quality and 
emotional exhaustion. Findings underscore the pervasive role of the family 
as set within an external support system and highlight the potential 
physiological impact of these interacting contexts for children. Further 
research is needed to fully understand current findings and to develop 
appropriate psycho-physiological interventions.

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