Physiology, Early Experience, and Trade-Offs: Are There Other Ways a Parent Contributes to Stress and Coping in Children?

At least 3 dimensions need to be brought to bear on the question of stress and coping in children even in the context of process models. They are the role of physiological regulation in cognitive or emotional appraisals and responses, and of the parents' role in them; the role of early infant experience in later stress and coping responses; and the concept of trade-offs as an element in stress and coping responses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]