Stressful politics: Voters' cortisol responses to the outcome of the 2008 United States Presidential election

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 768-774

  Stanton, Steven J ^a   LaBar, Kevin S ^a   Saini, Ekjyot K ^b   Kuhn, Cynthia M ^c   Beehner, Jacinta C ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Dominance contest; Election; Hormones; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis; Politics; Salivary cortisol; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; STRESS HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; ELECTION; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STRESS; UNITED STATES;

ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MICHIGAN; NORTH CAROLINA; POLITICS; SALIVA; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952552956     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.10.018     Document Type: Article

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