Associations between the awakening responses of salivary α-amylase and cortisol with self-report indicators of health and wellbeing among educators

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 54, Issue , 2016, Pages 98-106

  Katz, Deirdre A ^a   Greenberg, Mark T ^a   Jennings, Patricia A ^b   Klein, Laura Cousino ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Burnout; Cortisol; Salivary Alpha Amylase; Stress; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949921310     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2015.11.012     Document Type: Article

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