Personality and physiological reactions to acute psychological stress

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 28-36

  Bibbey, Adam ^a   Carroll, Douglas ^a   Roseboom, Tessa J ^b   Phillips, Anna C ^a   de Rooij, Susanne R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Agreeableness; Cardiovascular activity; Cortisol; Neuroticism; Openness

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSE TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SPEECH; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACUTE STRESS; AGREEABLENESS; CARDIOVASCULAR ACTIVITY; CORTISOL; NEUROTICISM; OPENNESS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALIVA; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84886423858     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2012.10.018     Document Type: Article

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