Effects of affiliation arousal (hope of closeness) and affiliation stress (fear of rejection) on progesterone and cortisol

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 786-795

  Wirth, Michelle M ^a   Schultheiss, Oliver C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Affiliation; Cortisol; HPA axis; Human; Implicit motives; Mood; Progesterone; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROGESTERONE; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SALIVA;

EID: 33750955315     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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