Repression and high anxiety are associated with aberrant diurnal cortisol rhythms in women with metastatic breast cancer

Health Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 645-650

  Giese Davis, Janine ^a,h   Sephton, Sandra E ^b,e   Abercrombie, Heather C ^c,f   Durán, Ron E F ^d,g   Spiegel, David ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g Department of Biology   (United States)

^h STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Breast cancer; Cortisol; Repression; Survival

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RESEARCH; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WEINBERGER ADJUSTMENT INVENTORY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; REPRESSION; RISK FACTORS; SICK ROLE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 7444256623     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.23.6.645     Document Type: Article

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