Sex differences in stress responses: Social rejection versus achievement stress

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 318-327

  Stroud, Laura R ^a   Salovey, Peter ^b   Epel, Elissa S ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Cortisol; Depression; Rejection; Sex differences; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HABITUATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0037101994     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(02)01333-1     Document Type: Article

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