Effects of different kinds of couple interaction on cortisol and heart rate responses to stress in women

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 565-574

  Ditzen, Beate ^a,b   Neumann, Inga D ^c   Bodenmann, Guy ^d   von Dawans, Bernadette ^a   Turner, Rebecca A ^e   Ehlert, Ulrike ^a   Heinrichs, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^e ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Heart rate; Oxytocin; Physical contact; Social support; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRESS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER CURVE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OXYTOCIN; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; REFERENCE VALUES; SALIVA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34248551127     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2007.03.011     Document Type: Article

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