The role of stress mindset in shaping cognitive, emotional, and physiological responses to challenging and threatening stress

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 379-395

  Crum, Alia J ^a   Akinola, Modupe ^b   Martin, Ashley ^b   Fath, Sean ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

affect; appraisal; cognitive performance; mindset; neuroendocrinology; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; COGNITION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85010685958     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2016.1275585     Document Type: Article

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