January 1, 2013PsychologyOpen Access

Saliva Cortisol and Heart Rate Variability as Biomarkers in Understanding Emotional Reaction and Regulation of Young Children—A Review

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Population

Young children

Design

Review

Authors

ILIshien Li SCShu-Mei Gloria Chwo CPCiwas Pawan

Discussion

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Implication

Supports biomarker use in pediatric emotional research; leaves open standardized protocols addressing individual, developmental, and environmental factors.

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Population

Young children

Cortisol and HRV serve as important non-invasive biomarkers for understanding emotional regulation in young children, though methodological challenges require careful study design.

Limitations

Reliance on salivary cortisol imposes measurement and methodological limitations
Confounding effects such as diurnal variation, age, sex, and sleep on HRV

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Li et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a707967febe604dd7094323 https://doi.org/10.4236/psych.2013.46a2004

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Implication

Supports biomarker use in pediatric emotional research; leaves open standardized protocols addressing individual, developmental, and environmental factors.