Spouses' cortisol associations and moderators: Testing physiological synchrony and connectedness in everyday life

Family Process

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 284-298

  Papp, Lauren M ^a   Pendry, Patricia ^b   Simon, Clarissa D ^c   Adam, Emma K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Hierarchical Linear Modeling; Marriage

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LONELINESS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84879170596     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2012.01413.x     Document Type: Article

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