Stress pulls us apart: Anxiety leads to differences in competitive confidence under stress

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 54, Issue , 2015, Pages 115-123

  Goette, Lorenz ^a   Bendahan, Samuel ^b   Thoresen, John ^b   Hollis, Fiona ^b   Sandi, Carmen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Competition; Cortisol; Economic inequality; Self confidence; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL COMPETITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRESS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924603399     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.01.019     Document Type: Article

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