Adult attachment and social support interact to reduce psychological but not cortisol responses to stress

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 479-486

  Ditzen, Beate ^a,b   Schmidt, Silke ^c   Strauss, Bernhard ^d   Nater, Urs Markus ^a,b   Ehlert, Ulrike ^a   Heinrichs, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult attachment; Anxiety; Cortisol; Psychosocial stress; Social support

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 42649125994     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2007.11.011     Document Type: Article

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