Chronic self-perceived stress and set-shifting performance in undergraduate students

Stress

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-78

  Orem, Diana M ^a   Petrac, Diane C ^a   Bedwell, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Executive functioning; Set shifting; Stress; Trail making

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRAIL MAKING TEST;

EID: 37849038389     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10253890701535103     Document Type: Article

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