Spousal Loss Predicts Alterations in Diurnal Cortisol Activity Through Prospective Changes in Positive Emotion

Health Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 220-227

  Ong, Anthony D ^a   Fuller Rowell, Thomas E ^b   Bonanno, George A ^c   Almeida, David M ^d  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Diurnal cortisol; Positive emotion; Spousal loss

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; SALIVA LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEATH; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952853821     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022262     Document Type: Article

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