Neuroticism, acculturation and the cortisol awakening response in Mexican American adults

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-30

  Mangold, Deborah ^a   Mintz, Jim ^b   Javors, Martin ^b   Marino, Elise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Acculturative stress; Cortisol; HPA axis; Mexican Americans; Neuroticism

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTISOL AWAKENING RESPONSE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; SALIVA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855940098     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.09.009     Document Type: Article

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