I do...do you? Dependence and biological sex moderate daters' cortisol responses when accommodating a partner's thoughts about marriage

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 325-333

  Schoenfeld, Elizabeth A ^a   Loving, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Cortisol; Dependence; Gender; Interaction; Marriage; Relationship transitions; Sex; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ACCOMMODATION; ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884145306     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2012.06.182     Document Type: Article

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