Acute threat to the social self: Shame, social self-esteem, and cortisol activity

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 915-924

  Gruenewald, Tara L ^a,c   Kemeny, Margaret E ^b   Aziz, Najib ^a,c   Fahey, John L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Emotion; Self esteem; Shame; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COGNITION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SALIVATION; SELF ESTEEM; SHAME; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPEECH ANALYSIS; STRESS; THREAT;

EID: 9244232791     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000143639.61693.ef     Document Type: Article

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