Extending the recovery window: Effects of trait rumination on subsequent evening cortisol following a laboratory performance stressor

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2015, Pages 67-78

  Zoccola, Peggy M ^a   Dickerson, Sally S ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Gender; Recovery; Rumination; Social evaluative threat; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY; MALE; NIGHT; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL EVALUATIVE THREAT; SPEECH; STRESS; TRAIT RUMINATION; ADOLESCENT; CHEMISTRY; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PERSONALITY; SALIVA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937540297     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.04.014     Document Type: Article

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