Associations between dispositional optimism and diurnal cortisol in a community sample: When stress is perceived as higher than normal

Health Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 382-391

  Jobin, Joelle ^a   Wrosch, Carsten ^a   Scheier, Michael F ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Dispositional optimism; Perceived stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; STRESS; AFFECT; CHEMISTRY; FOLLOW UP; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MENTAL STRESS; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA;

AFFECT; AGED; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84897943530     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032736     Document Type: Article

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