Associations of trait optimism with diurnal neuroendocrine activity, cortisol responses to mental stress, and subjective stress measures in healthy men and women

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 672-678

  Endrighi, Romano ^a   Hamer, Mark ^a   Steptoe, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cortisol; HPA axis; mental stress; optimism; well being

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OPTIMISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SMOKING; WELLBEING;

EID: 80053916353     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31822f9cd7     Document Type: Article

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