Associations between psychosocial state variables and the cortisol awakening response in a single case study

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-214

  Stalder, Tobias ^a   Evans, Phil ^a   Hucklebridge, Frank ^a   Clow, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anticipation; Case study; Cortisol awakening response; Psychosocial; Saliva; State

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ANTICIPATION; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEISURE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AROUSAL; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGY; SALIVA; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 73949084815     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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