Effects of institutional rearing on children's diurnal cortisol production

Daria Chernego; Christiana Martin; Kristin Bernard; Rifkat Muhamedrahimov; M. Kathleen Gordon; Mary Dozier

doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.04.010

Effects of institutional rearing on children's diurnal cortisol production

Daria Chernego
, Christiana Martin
, Kristin Bernard
, Rifkat Muhamedrahimov
, M. Kathleen Gordon
, Mary Dozier

Psychology

St. Petersburg State University
University of Delaware

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Abstract

Young children living in institutional settings often show a range of deficits in social, physical, and cognitive functioning. Whereas the diurnal production of cortisol has been examined among post-institutionalized children in a number of investigations, studies of children continuing to live in institutions are limited. In this study, we assessed wake-up and bedtime cortisol among 73 children living in Russia, with 52 institutionally-reared (n = 31 at time 2), and 21 family-reared (n = 18 at time 2). Institutionally-reared children showed a blunter wake-up to bedtime slope than family-reared children at both time 1 and time 2, with significantly higher cortisol levels at bedtime. These findings highlight the deleterious effects of institutional care on children's developing neuroendocrine regulation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	161-164
Number of pages	4
Journal	Psychoneuroendocrinology
Volume	106
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.04.010
State	Published - Aug 2019

Keywords

Cortisol
Early adversity
Institutional care
Orphanages

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