Exploring day-to-day dynamics of daily stressor appraisals, physical symptoms and the cortisol awakening response

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 50, Issue , 2014, Pages 130-138

  Gartland, Nicola ^a   O'Connor, Daryl B ^a   Lawton, Rebecca ^a   Bristow, Matt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cortisol awakening response; Daily stress; Multi level modelling; Physical symptoms; Stress appraisal

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANNOYANCE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTISOL AWAKENING RESPONSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; INTESTINAL DYSMOTILITY; LIFE STRESS; LIMB PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL SYMPTOM; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCHEDULE; PREMENOPAUSE; RATING SCALE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SKIN TINGLING; SWEATING; SYMPTOM; WEAKNESS; WELLBEING; CHEMISTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EMOTION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SALIVA; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908397389     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.08.006     Document Type: Article

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