Positive life events predict salivary cortisol in pregnant women

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1336-1340

  Pluess, Michael ^a   Wurmser, Harald ^b   Buske Kirschbaum, Angelika ^c   Papousek, Mechthild ^d   Pirke, Karl Martin ^e   Hellhammer, Dirk ^e   Bolten, Margarete ^f  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cortisol awakening response; Life events; Positive psychology; Pregnancy; Prenatal stress; Salivary cortisol

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EMOTIONALITY; EXPECTANT MOTHER; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LIFE EVENT; MATERNAL STRESS; MOTHER; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SAMPLE SIZE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; SALIVA; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862339926     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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