Between-and within-sex variation in hormonal responses to psychological stress in a large sample of college students

Stress

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 413-424

  Maestripieri, Dario ^a   M Baran, Nicole ^a   Sapienza, Paola ^b   Zingales, Luigi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making stress; Digit length ratio; Salivary cortisol; Salivary testosterone; Sex differences; Stable partnership

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DECISION MAKING; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FINGERS; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MARRIAGE; SALIVA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955614927     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253891003681137     Document Type: Article

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