Perceived Work Overload and Chronic Worrying Predict Weekend-Weekday Differences in the Cortisol Awakening Response

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 207-214

  Schlotz, Wolff ^a   Hellhammer, Juliane ^a   Schulz, Peter ^a   Stone, Arthur A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol awakening response; Perceived stress; Salivary cortisol; Weekend; Work overload; Worry

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SALIVA LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; VARIANCE; WAKEFULNESS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 1642317491     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000116715.78238.56     Document Type: Article

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