Perceived Partner Responsiveness Predicts Diurnal Cortisol Profiles 10 Years Later.

Health Psychology Religious Participation Predicts Diurnal Cortisol Profiles 10 Years Later via Lower Levels of Religious Struggle

Religious participation predicts diurnal cortisol profiles 10 years later via lower levels of religious struggle.

OBJECTIVE Multiple aspects of religion have been linked with a variety of physical health outcomes; however, rarely have investigators attempted to empirically test the mechanisms through which religiosity impacts health. The links between religious participation, religious coping, and diurnal cortisol patterns over a 10-year period in a national sample of adults in the United States were inves...

Perceived Partner Responsiveness as an influential buffering (protective) construct; The well-grounded bridge to experience intimacy in relationships: A Case study

Individuals can be intimate with each other through a variety of mechanisms, but one of these key factors is Perceived Partner Responsiveness (PPR). Because there was no rich literature review on this construct in the country, the purpose of this study was to bring in the concept of perceived partner responsiveness, its elements, how this structure works, significant effects of this structure o...

Developmental histories of perceived racial discrimination and diurnal cortisol profiles in adulthood: A 20-year prospective study.

Perceived racial discrimination (PRD) has been associated with altered diurnal cortisol rhythms in past cross-sectional research. We investigate whether developmental histories of PRD, assessed prospectively, are associated with adult diurnal cortisol profiles. One-hundred and twelve (N=50 Black, N=62 White) adults from the Maryland Adolescent Development in Context Study provided saliva sample...

No alterations in diurnal cortisol profiles before and during the treatment in patients with stress-related exhaustion.

INTRODUCTION Several theories have emerged in recent years suggesting that neuroendocrinological alterations, mainly changes in cortisol, could be of importance with respect to the link between chronic stress and disease. This study investigated possible deviations in the diurnal cortisol profiles of patients with clinically diagnosed stress-related exhaustion (exhaustion disorder - ED) compare...