Testing the ecological validity of the Trier Social Stress Test: Association with real-life exam stress

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 75, Issue , 2017, Pages 52-55

  Henze, Gina Isabelle ^a   Zänkert, Sandra ^a   Urschler, David F ^a   Hiltl, Tanja J ^a   Kudielka, Brigitte M ^a   Pruessner, Jens C ^b   Wüst, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute stress responses; HPA axis; Positive negative affect; Real life stress; Salivary cortisol

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ECOLOGICAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE STRESS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRIER SOCIAL STRESS TEST; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SALIVA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84992560923     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.10.002     Document Type: Article

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