Positive couple interactions and daily cortisol: On the stress-protecting role of intimacy

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 883-889

  Ditzen, Beate ^a,b   Hoppmann, Christiane ^c   Klumb, Petra ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Affect; Intimacy; Marital interaction; Momentary assessment; Salivary cortisol; Work problems

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTIMACY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; STRESS; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AROUSAL; BLOOD; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MARRIAGE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 60849094091     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e318185c4fc     Document Type: Article

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