Children's and adults' salivary cortisol responses to an identical psychosocial laboratory stressor

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 241-248

  Yim, Ilona S ^a   Quas, Jodi A ^a   Cahill, Larry ^b   Hayakawa, Cathy M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Children; Cortisol; Emotion; Laboratory stressor; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCHEDULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73949107825     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.06.014     Document Type: Article

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