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"Our findings suggest that group differences in cortisol secretion are most pronounced during stress exposure, when participants with CD [conduct disorder] show cortisol hyporeactivity compared with control subjects."
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Physiologic hyporeactivity during stress could reflect a latent trait that increases vulnerability to CD, whereas age of CD onset may be moderated by psychosocial factors (e.g., differences in parental supervision, exposure to antisocial models).
The Neurocritic 2008
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