Psychological traits and the cortisol awakening response: Results from the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 240-248

  van Santen, Aafke ^a,b   Vreeburg, Sophie A ^b   Van der Does, A J Willem ^c,d   Spinhoven, Philip ^c,d   Zitman, Frans G ^d   Penninx, Brenda W J H ^b,d,e  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cortisol awakening response; Hopelessness; HPA axis; Personality; Psychological traits; Salivary cortisol

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ANXIETY SENSITIVITY INDEX; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LEIDEN INDEX OF DEPRESSION SENSITIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NEUROSIS; PEARLIN AND SCHOOLER MASTERY SCALE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUMINATION; SADNESS; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551483639     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.07.014     Document Type: Article

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