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Stressors and mood measured on a momentary basis are associated with salivary cortisol secretion.

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Smyth, J; Ockenfels, MC; Porter, L; Kirschbaum, C; Hellhammer, DH; Stone, AA
Published in: Psychoneuroendocrinology
May 1998

Effects of past, current, and anticipated naturalistic daily stressors and of affect on salivary cortisol levels were examined. Participants (120) reported on stressors and affect 6 x /day in response to a preprogrammed wristwatch. Twenty min after each assessment they took a sample of saliva for cortisol analysis. Both the experience of a current stressor and anticipating a stressor were associated with increased salivary cortisol levels. Average increases in cortisol were relatively low, but inter-individual variability in this response existed. Stressors also were associated with lower positive affect and higher negative affect. Negative affect was associated with higher cortisol levels and positive affect was associated with lower cortisol levels. Daily stressors were not significant predictors of cortisol secretion when affect was controlled. Momentary assessment of daily stressors and of salivary cortisol proved to be a useful tool for examining psychoendocrinological processes in the natural environment.

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Published In

Psychoneuroendocrinology

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ISSN

0306-4530

Publication Date

May 1998

Volume

23

Issue

4

Start / End Page

353 / 370

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Unemployment
  • Stress, Psychological
  • Saliva
  • Psychiatry
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Individuality
  • Hydrocortisone
  • Humans
  • Female
 

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Smyth, J., Ockenfels, M. C., Porter, L., Kirschbaum, C., Hellhammer, D. H., & Stone, A. A. (1998). Stressors and mood measured on a momentary basis are associated with salivary cortisol secretion. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 23(4), 353–370. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0306-4530(98)00008-0
Smyth, J., M. C. Ockenfels, L. Porter, C. Kirschbaum, D. H. Hellhammer, and A. A. Stone. “Stressors and mood measured on a momentary basis are associated with salivary cortisol secretion.Psychoneuroendocrinology 23, no. 4 (May 1998): 353–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0306-4530(98)00008-0.
Smyth J, Ockenfels MC, Porter L, Kirschbaum C, Hellhammer DH, Stone AA. Stressors and mood measured on a momentary basis are associated with salivary cortisol secretion. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 1998 May;23(4):353–70.
Smyth, J., et al. “Stressors and mood measured on a momentary basis are associated with salivary cortisol secretion.Psychoneuroendocrinology, vol. 23, no. 4, May 1998, pp. 353–70. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/s0306-4530(98)00008-0.
Smyth J, Ockenfels MC, Porter L, Kirschbaum C, Hellhammer DH, Stone AA. Stressors and mood measured on a momentary basis are associated with salivary cortisol secretion. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 1998 May;23(4):353–370.
Journal cover image

Published In

Psychoneuroendocrinology

DOI

ISSN

0306-4530

Publication Date

May 1998

Volume

23

Issue

4

Start / End Page

353 / 370

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Unemployment
  • Stress, Psychological
  • Saliva
  • Psychiatry
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Individuality
  • Hydrocortisone
  • Humans
  • Female