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- Title
The relationship between the cortisol awakening response and cortisol reactivity to a laboratory stressor.
- Authors
Dienes, Kimberly; Gartland, Nicola; Ferguson, Eamonn
- Abstract
The cortisol awakening response (CAR) and cortisol reactivity to an acute laboratory stressor both involve steep increases in cortisol secretion and are associated with preparing the body to deal with stressors ahead. Alterations in both have been linked to negative clinical and health outcomes. However, these two aspects of our biological stress response have rarely been directly compared, and the extant research focuses on state, rather than trait CAR. Given the similar roles of the CAR and cortisol reactivity, and their relationships to psychopathology, it is important to understand whether trait CAR and cortisol reactivity to acute stressors are related and whether a blunted CAR may be predictive of blunted cortisol reactivity across an acute laboratory stress task.
- Publication
British journal of health psychology, 2019, Vol 24, Issue 2, p265
- ISSN
2044-8287
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/bjhp.12352