Relationship between alexithymia, alexithymia factors and salivary cortisol in men exposed to a social stress test

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1160-1164

  de Timary, Philippe ^a,c   Roy, Emmanuel ^a,b   Luminet, Olivier ^a,b,c   Fillée, Catherine ^a   Mikolajczak, Moïra ^a,b,c  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b Department of Psychology ^*  (Belgium)

^c FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Anticipation; Cortisol; Emotions; Stress; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SOCIAL STRESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 49049098804     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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