Buffer against Cumulative Stress Positive Age Self-Stereotypes Predict Lower Cortisol across 30 Years

GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 141-146

  Levy, Becca R ^a   Moffat, Scott ^b   Resnick, Susan M ^c   Slade, Martin D ^d   Ferrucci, Luigi ^e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Age stereotypes; cortisol; cumulative stress; longitudinal; resilience; stress; stress buffer

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CUMULATIVE STRESS; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTYPY; STRESS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84990987682     PISSN: 16629647     EISSN: 1662971X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1662-9647/a000149     Document Type: Article

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