Increasing correlations between personality traits and cortisol stress responses obtained by data aggregation
Pruessner, JC; Gaab, J; Hellhammer, DH; Lintz, D; Schommer, N; Kirschbaum, C
| HERO ID | 1877794 |
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| In Press | No |
| Year | 1997 |
| Title | Increasing correlations between personality traits and cortisol stress responses obtained by data aggregation |
| Authors | Pruessner, JC; Gaab, J; Hellhammer, DH; Lintz, D; Schommer, N; Kirschbaum, C |
| Journal | Psychoneuroendocrinology |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Page Numbers | 615-625 |
| Abstract | BIOSIS COPYRIGHT: BIOL ABS. Attempts to link personality traits and cortisol stress responses have often been inconclusive. The aim of this paper was to investigate this association by aggregating cortisol stress responses. Therefore, 20 healthy men were exposed to a task consisting of public speaking and mental arithmetics in front of an audience on five days. Six cortisol levels were measured in relation to the stressful task obtained at 10-min intervals on each day. Psychological assessment included the Questionnaire for Competence and Control (FKK) and the Giessen-Test (G-T). These questionnaires focus on assessing personality traits, i.e., locus of control and self-concept. Areas under the response curve (AUC) of the six cortisol samples were computed to obtain an index of the individual's cortisol stress response on each day. Since novelty is a random situational factor likely to mask individual differences in the stress response, the AUC cortisol stress responses of days two to five were co |
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| Language Text | eng |