Preliminary evidence that exercise dependence is associated with blunted cardiac and cortisol reactions to acute psychological stress

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 323-329

  Heaney, Jennifer L J ^a   Ginty, Annie T ^a   Carroll, Douglas ^a   Phillips, Anna C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Blood pressure; Exercise dependence; Heart rate; Salivary cortisol

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CULTURE; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); EATING DISORDERS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MATHEMATICS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATION; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551640934     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2010.11.010     Document Type: Article

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