The relationship between perceived loneliness and cortisol awakening responses on work days and weekends

Japanese Psychological Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-120

  Okamura, Hisayoshi ^a   Tsuda, Akira ^a   Matsuishi, Toyojiro ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cortisol awakening response; Loneliness; Work days weekends

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955783903     PISSN: 00215368     EISSN: 14685884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5884.2011.00459.x     Document Type: Article

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