The cortisol awakening response and the big five personality dimensions

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 600-605

  Hill, Erin M ^a   Billington, Rex ^a   Krägeloh, Chris ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Big five; Cortisol awakening response; Gender; HPA axis; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880042569     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.05.010     Document Type: Article

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