Adolescent borderline personality traits and dyadic behavior shape mother-adolescent cortisol synchrony.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Associations between parent and child cortisol levels ("cortisol synchrony") are often reported and positive synchrony may mark dyadic regulation on a physiological level. Although dyadic behavior during interaction and adolescent borderline personality disorder (BPD) traits are linked with individual and dyadic regulatory capacities, little is known about how both factors influence parent-adolescent cortisol synchrony. We hypothesized that cortisol synchrony would differ depending on behavioral synchrony, i.e., smooth reciprocal dyadic interaction patterns, adolescent BPD traits, and their interactions.

Methods

Multilevel state-trait modeling was implemented to investigate associations between concurrent mother-adolescent state cortisol and mother-adolescent aver

SUBMITTER: Fleck L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10091616 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature