Journal article
Repeated measurement of salivary cortisol within and across days among shy young adults
Abstract
Temperamental shyness emerges early in childhood and remains relatively stable throughout development and has been associated with high and low levels of the stress hormone cortisol. Studies examining the relation between shyness and cortisol have been limited because they have traditionally collected only one measure of cortisol on a single day in the laboratory, restricting the reliability and diurnal profile of the measure in the …
Authors
Beaton EA; Schmidt LA; Schulkin J; Hall GB
Journal
Personality and Individual Differences, Vol. 55, No. 6, pp. 705–710
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
October 2013
DOI
10.1016/j.paid.2013.05.024
ISSN
0191-8869