Abstract
Changes in cortisol dynamics are important correlates of various psychophysiological states in children. The two most important measures of the cortisol dynamics are changes in plasma cortisol concentrations at predetermined times and the dexamethasone suppression test (DST). Unfortunately, much restandardization of adult norms is required before these tests can be applied to infants. Measurements of salivary cortisol appear to be a reliable, accurate and nontraumatic sampling technique for assaying cortisol dynamics. Salivary cortisol values should provide a noninvasive method in the application of the DST to the investigation of psychophysiological states in infants and children.
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