Adult attachment style and cortisol responses across the day in older adults

Psychophysiology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 841-847

  Kidd, Tara ^a   Hamer, Mark ^a   Steptoe, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult attachment style; Cortisol; HPA axis; Whitehall II

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT ATTACHMENT STYLE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HPA AXIS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; SECRETION (PROCESS); TIME; WHITEHALL II;

ADULT ATTACHMENT STYLE; CORTISOL; HPA AXIS; WHITEHALL II;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84881609322     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12075     Document Type: Article

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