Low salivary cortisol levels among socially anxious young adults: Preliminary evidence from a selected and a non-selected sample

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1217-1228

  Beaton, Elliott A ^a   Schmidt, Louis A ^a   Ashbaugh, Andrea R ^a   Santesso, Diane L ^a   Antony, Martin M ^a,b,c   McCabe, Randi E ^a,b   Segalowitz, Sidney J ^d   Schulkin, Jay ^e,f  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^f GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart rate; Salivary cortisol; Shyness; Social anxiety; Social phobia; Social stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748418874     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.02.020     Document Type: Article

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