Mood changes in homesick persons during a holiday trip

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 91-96

  Van Tilburg, Miranda A L ^a   Vingerhoets, Ad J J M ^a   Van Heck, Guns L ^a   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Distress; Homesickness; Mood

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MOOD; SALIVA LEVEL;

ADULT; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; FEMALE; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; SALIVA;

EID: 0029939251     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000289053     Document Type: Article

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