Cortisol responses to naturalistic and laboratory stress in student teachers: Comparison with a non-stress control day

Stress and Health

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 143-149

  Wolfram, Maren ^a   Bellingrath, Silja ^b   Feuerhahn, Nicolas ^a   Kudielka, Brigitte M ^c  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ambulatory assessment; cortisol awakening response (CAR); hypothalamus pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis; natural stress; salivary cortisol

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SALIVA ANALYSIS; STRESS; TRIER SOCIAL STRESS TEST;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; REFERENCE VALUES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EID: 84875872483     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.2439     Document Type: Article

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