Anger responses to psychosocial stress predict heart rate and cortisol stress responses in men but not women

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 84-95

  Lupis, Sarah B ^a   Lerman, Michelle ^a   Wolf, Jutta M ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Emotions; Facial action coding system; Heart rate; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; SALIVA LEVEL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ANGER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; SALIVA; SELF REPORT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922441957     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.07.004     Document Type: Article

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