Individual differences in cortisol responses to a laboratory speech task and their relationship to responses to stressful daily events

Biological Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-84

  Van Eck, Marleen M M ^a   Nicolson, Nancy A ^a   Berkhof, Hans ^b   Sulon, Jose ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Experience sampling; Mood; Perceived stress; Reactivity; Speech task

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SPEECH; STRESS; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0141604674     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-0511(95)05159-7     Document Type: Article

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