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Parental S ense of C oherence in the first 2 years of life is not related to parental and child diurnal cortisol rhythm or proxies of anthroposophic lifestyle
Author(s) -
Swartz Jackie,
Alm Johan,
Theorell Töres,
Lindblad Frank
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
acta paediatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/apa.12318
Subject(s) - medicine , bedtime , morning , saliva , cortisol awakening response , pregnancy , physiology , demography , pediatrics , hydrocortisone , endocrinology , sociology , biology , genetics
Aim S ense of C oherence ( SOC ) is hypothesized to have direct physiological consequences on endocrine and immunological processes. In this study, we compare parental SOC scores from pregnancy in groups of infants and parents representing different lifestyles (anthroposophic, partly anthroposophic and nonanthroposophic). We also analyse whether these could predict cortisol levels of the parents and their infants at 6–24 months postpartum. Methods Parental SOC ‐13 was collected during the third trimester of pregnancy from a birth cohort of families with different lifestyles. Salivary samples were collected from the whole family when the child was 6 months (n = 210), 12 (n = 178) and 24 months of age (n = 149), and cortisol levels were analysed with radioimmunoassay technique. Results S ense of C oherence scores did not differ between the three lifestyle groups, and there were no correlations between SOC scores and salivary cortisol concentrations in separate analyses of mothers, fathers and children at any sampling age or at any sampling time during the day (morning, afternoon, bedtime). Conclusion S ense of C oherence scores did not vary in parents with different lifestyles and were not associated with salivary cortisol levels in parents or in children.