Children's personalities linked to their chemical response to stress

Friday, July 8, 2011 - 08:30 in Psychology & Sociology

Is your kid a "dove" -- cautious and submissive when confronting new environments, or perhaps you have a "hawk" -- bold and assertive in unfamiliar settings? These basic temperamental patterns are linked to opposite hormonal responses to stress -- differences that may provide children with advantages for navigating threatening environments, researchers report.

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