Use of salivary cortisol as an indicator of biobehavioural reactivity to a brief psychological task
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Behaviour Therapy
- Vol. 21 (1) , 35-45
- https://doi.org/10.1080/16506079209455888
Abstract
Salivary cortisol responses to a ikbrief mental arithmetic stressor were assessed in eight males and 11 females. Results indicated that there were significant elevations in salivary cortisol as a result of the administration of the mental arithmetic stressor, suggesting that this endocrinal index of response to brief psychological stressors may be relatively easy to incorporate into studies of psychophysiological responsivity.Keywords
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