Borderline Intellectual Functioning, Salivary Cortisol and Associated Factors: ASchool-Based Study in Southern Brazil

Stefânia Martins Teixeira1; Vera L.M. de Figueiredo1; Igor Soares Vieira1; Am; a Neumann
Reyes1; Fern; a Pedrotti Moreira1; Carolina David Wiener1; Marcela Renata. G. Z. Janke1; Jerônimo Costa
Branco1; Jean Piere Oses2; Ricardo Azevedo da Silva1; Luciano Dias de Mattos Souza1; Karen Jansen1

Abstract

Borderline Intellectual Functioning, Salivary Cortisol and Associated Factors: ASchool-Based Study in Southern Brazil

A cross-sectional study was conducted with a school-based sample at 20 schools selected by systematic random sampling. Participants consisted of children aged 7-8 year old and their parents or primary caregivers. The Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI) was used to evaluate the BIF. The salivary cortisol level was measured by electrochemiluminescence

Author(s):

Stefânia Martins Teixeira1 , Vera L.M. de Figueiredo1 ,Igor Soares Vieira1 ,Amanda Neumann
Reyes1 ,Fernanda Pedrotti Moreira1* ,Carolina David Wiener1 ,Marcela Renata. G. Z. Janke1 ,Jerônimo Costa
Branco1 ,Jean Piere Oses2 ,Ricardo Azevedo da Silva1 ,Luciano Dias de Mattos Souza1 ,Karen Jansen1

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