Individual differences in the cortisol response to stress in young healthy men: Testing the roles of perceived stress reactivity and threat appraisal using multiphase latent growth curve modeling

Biological Psychology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 257-264

  Schlotz, Wolff ^a   Hammerfald, Karin ^b   Ehlert, Ulrike ^b   Gaab, Jens ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cognitive appraisal; HPA axis; Individual differences; Multiphase growth curve model; Perceived stress reactivity; Salivary cortisol; Stress response; Trier Social Stress Test (TSST)

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIPHASE LATENT GROWTH CURVE MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PATH ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SALIVA LEVEL; SMOKING; SOCIAL STRESS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THREAT; TRIER SOCIAL STRESS TEST;

ADULT; COGNITION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955917531     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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