Self-assessed parental depressive problems are associated with blunted cortisol responses to a social stress test in daughters. The TRAILS Study

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 854-863

  Bouma, Esther M C ^a   Riese, Harriëtte ^a   Ormel, Johan ^a   Verhulst, Frank C ^b   Oldehinkel, Albertine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Adolescent current depressed mood; Gender difference; Saliva cortisol; Self assessed lifetime parental depressive symptoms; Smoking; Standardized Social Stress Test

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAUGHTER; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE SALIVA LEVEL; LIFE HISTORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TASK; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALIVA LEVEL; SELF EVALUATION; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MATHEMATICS; NETHERLANDS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; SMOKING; SPEECH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956330695     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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