Concurrent and prospective associations between family socioeconomic status, social support and salivary diurnal and hair cortisol in adolescence.
Christina Y CantaveMara BrendgenSonia LupienGinette DionneFrank VitaroMichel BoivinIsabelle Ouellet-MorinPublished in: Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines (2023)
Our findings support the hypothesis that early socioeconomic adversity sensitizes HPA axis activity to later socioeconomic disadvantage, which may bear consequences for socioemotional and behavioral functioning.