A general enhancement of autonomic and cortisol responses during social evaluative threat

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 877-885

  Bosch, Jos A ^a,b   De Geus, Eco J C ^c   Carroll, Douglas ^a   Goedhart, Annebet D ^c   Anane, Leila A ^a   Veldhuizen Van Zanten, Jet J ^a   Helmerhorst, Eva J ^d   Edwards, Kate M ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic reactivity; HPA axis; Psychological stress.; Response specificity; Self esteem; Shame; Social evaluation

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; EFFECT SIZE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HEART PREEJECTION PERIOD; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL EVALUATIVE THREAT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STRESS; SPEECH; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME; SPEECH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 70350127955     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181baef05     Document Type: Article

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