Nystad, Kathrin Drugli, May Britt Lydersen, Stian Lekhal, Ratib Buøen, Elisabet Solheim
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Stress (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Elevated levels of the stress hormone cortisol have been found in toddlers in childcare. Measuring cortisol may provide an indication of children's experiences in childcare and help to adjust practices better to their needs. To the best of our knowledge, toddlers' cortisol levels in childcare have not yet been investigated longitudinally. Furthermo...
Rawn, Kyle P Keller, Peggy S
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Stress (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Research has identified a variety of strategies people use to cope with stress and that the adaptiveness of various strategies depends on the context in which they are used. However, important questions remain about the role of physiological stress response systems in supporting, influencing, or changing from coping strategies. This study works tow...
Schuurmans, Angela A T Nijhof, Karin S Scholte, Ron Popma, Arne Otten, Roy
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Stress (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Many adolescents in residential care have experienced traumatic events and suffer from posttraumatic stress. Prolonged activation of neurobiological stress systems as the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis can result in long-lasting maladaptive alternations. This study investigated the effectiveness of ...
Izawa, Shuhei Sugaya, Nagisa Ogawa, Namiko Shirotsuki, Kentaro Nomura, Shusaku
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Stress (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Several studies have focused on the cortisol levels in fingernail samples as a possible index of cumulative hormone production; however, the biological validity of fingernail cortisol has not been fully established. We investigated the association between cortisol levels in fingernail samples and other biological specimens, including hair and saliv...
Schuurmans, Angela A T Nijhof, Karin S Cima, Maaike Scholte, Ron Popma, Arne Otten, Roy
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Stress (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Alterations in neurobiological stress systems such as the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis contribute to the development and maintenance of psychological and behavioral problems after traumatic experiences. Investigating neurobiological parameters and how these relate to each other may provide insight int...
Pletzer, Belinda Poppelaars, Eefje S Klackl, Johannes Jonas, Eva
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Stress (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
The cortisol response to social evaluative stress has been well characterized. However, data regarding changes in gonadal hormones after stress are still scarce and inconsistent. The majority of studies have focused on testosterone reactivity to stress in men, while estradiol responses or gonadal stress responses in women have hardly been investiga...
Hu, Weiyu Yang, Juan
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Stress (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Research over the last 10 years suggests that the brain's reward system plays a crucial role in stress resilience. Notably, reward processing includes both an anticipatory (cue-triggered "wanting") phase and a consummatory ("liking") phase. However, previous studies manipulated rewards via direct reward administration, which makes it difficult to i...
Zhang, Quan Li, Xiaoming Qiao, Shan Liu, Shuaifeng Shen, Zhiyong Zhou, Yuejiao
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Stress (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Cumulative evidence to date largely supports an association between dysregulation of the activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and fatigue. People living with HIV (PLHIV), in particular, are vulnerable to both HPA axis dysregulation and fatigue. Few investigations have examined the possible role of HPA-axis dysfunction in the oc...
Molins, Francisco Ayuso, Carla Serrano, Miguel Ángel
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Stress (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Stress influences loss aversion, the principle that losses loom larger than gains, although the nature of this relationship is unclear. Studies show that stress reduces loss aversion; however, stress response has been only studied by means of physiological measures, but the stressor emotional impact remained unclear. Since emotions can modify stres...
Slavish, Danica C Szabo, Yvette Z
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Stress (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
As the assessment of salivary markers of inflammation gains popularity in stress research, understanding factors that influence these markers' reactivity to stress is important. A recent meta-analysis synthesized literature on changes in salivary markers of inflammation in response to acute stressors in adults. As a supplement to this, we present p...
