TY - JOUR
T1 - Associations between hair and salivary cortisol, salivary alpha-amylase, and temperament dimensions among 3–6-year-olds
AU - Sääksjärvi, Katri
AU - Lehto, Elviira
AU - Lehto, Reetta
AU - Suhonen, Eira
AU - Leppänen, Marja
AU - Michels, Nathalie
AU - Saha, Mari
AU - Ray, Carola
AU - Vepsäläinen, Henna
AU - Pajulahti, Riikka
AU - Heiman-Lindh, Anu
AU - Sainio, Taina
AU - Erkkola, Maijaliisa
AU - Roos, Eva
AU - Sajaniemi, Nina
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by Folkhälsan Research Center , University of Helsinki , The Ministry of Education and Culture in Finland , The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health , The Academy of Finland (Grants: 285439 , 287288 , and 288038 ), The Juho Vainio Foundation , The Signe and Ane Gyllenberg Foundation , The Finnish Cultural Foundation/South Ostrobothnia Regional Fund , The Päivikki and Sakari Sohlberg Foundation , Medicinska Föreningen Liv och Hälsa , Finnish Foundation for Nutrition Research , and Finnish Food Research Foundation . The funding sources had no involvement in the conduction of the study or in the reporting of the results.
Funding Information:
This research was funded by Folkh?lsan Research Center, University of Helsinki, The Ministry of Education and Culture in Finland, The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, The Academy of Finland (Grants: 285439, 287288, and 288038), The Juho Vainio Foundation, The Signe and Ane Gyllenberg Foundation, The Finnish Cultural Foundation/South Ostrobothnia Regional Fund, The P?ivikki and Sakari Sohlberg Foundation, Medicinska F?reningen Liv och H?lsa, Finnish Foundation for Nutrition Research, and Finnish Food Research Foundation. The funding sources had no involvement in the conduction of the study or in the reporting of the results.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Authors
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - Associations between hair cortisol concentration (HCC), diurnal salivary cortisol (sCort) and alpha-amylase (sAA), and temperament dimensions were examined among 3–6-year-old Finnish children (n = 833). Children's hair samples were collected at preschool, while parents collected five saliva samples from children during one weekend day and completed a questionnaire assessing child's temperament dimensions i.e. surgency, negative affectivity, and effortful control (HCC, n = 677; AUCg of sAA, n = 380; AUCg of sCort, n = 302; temperament dimensions, n = 751). In linear regression analysis, diurnal sCort associated positively with HCC, the association persisting after adjustments (β 0.31, 95% CI 0.20–0.42). In logistic regression analysis, increasing scores in effortful control associated with higher likelihood of having high HCC (OR 1.47, 95% CI 1.07–2.03), the association slightly attenuating to non-significant after adjustments. Otherwise, no clear indication for associations between temperament and stress-related biomarkers were found.
AB - Associations between hair cortisol concentration (HCC), diurnal salivary cortisol (sCort) and alpha-amylase (sAA), and temperament dimensions were examined among 3–6-year-old Finnish children (n = 833). Children's hair samples were collected at preschool, while parents collected five saliva samples from children during one weekend day and completed a questionnaire assessing child's temperament dimensions i.e. surgency, negative affectivity, and effortful control (HCC, n = 677; AUCg of sAA, n = 380; AUCg of sCort, n = 302; temperament dimensions, n = 751). In linear regression analysis, diurnal sCort associated positively with HCC, the association persisting after adjustments (β 0.31, 95% CI 0.20–0.42). In logistic regression analysis, increasing scores in effortful control associated with higher likelihood of having high HCC (OR 1.47, 95% CI 1.07–2.03), the association slightly attenuating to non-significant after adjustments. Otherwise, no clear indication for associations between temperament and stress-related biomarkers were found.
KW - Children
KW - Hair cortisol
KW - Salivary alpha-amylase
KW - Salivary cortisol
KW - Stress
KW - Temperament
U2 - 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2021.105042
DO - 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2021.105042
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85112858703
SN - 0018-506X
VL - 135
JO - HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR
JF - HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR
M1 - 105042
ER -
