Riding the physiological roller coaster: Adaptive significance of cortisol stress reactivity to social contexts

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 40-51

  Shirtcliff, Elizabeth A ^a   Peres, Jeremy C ^a   Dismukes, Andrew R ^a   Lee, Yoojin ^a   Phan, Jenny M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84899666115     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: 19432763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.2014.28.1.40     Document Type: Article

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