Perceived stress, common health complaints and diurnal patterns of cortisol secretion in young, otherwise healthy individuals

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 301-305

  Lovell, Brian ^a   Moss, Mark ^a   Wetherell, Mark A ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Common health complaints; Cortisol awakening response (CAR); Diurnal cortisol slope; HPA axis; Mean diurnal output; Mediation; Perceived stress

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NORMAL HUMAN; PENNEBAKER INVENTORY OF LIMBIC LANGUIDNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS; WAKEFULNESS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COUGH; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; NAUSEA; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960564374     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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