Attachment Anxiety Is Linked to Alterations in Cortisol Production and Cellular Immunity

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 272-279

  Jaremka, Lisa M ^a   Glaser, Ronald ^a   Loving, Timothy J ^b   Malarkey, William B ^a   Stowell, Jeffrey R ^c   Kiecolt Glaser, Janice K ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attachment anxiety; attachment theory; chronic stress; cortisol; health; individual differences; interpersonal relationships; marriage; neuroendocrinology; psychoneuroendocrinology; psychoneuroimmunology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872824848     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612452571     Document Type: Article

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