Journal article
Low salivary cortisol levels among socially anxious young adults: Preliminary evidence from a selected and a non-selected sample
Abstract
We investigated salivary cortisol levels among socially anxious adults in two separate non-clinical samples using different participant designs. Study 1 examined salivary cortisol, heart rate, and subjective measures of anxiety in response to a self-presentation task in undergraduate students meeting DSM-IV criteria for social phobia. Adults with social phobia displayed significantly lower salivary cortisol compared to their non-socially phobic …
Authors
Beaton EA; Schmidt LA; Ashbaugh AR; Santesso DL; Antony MM; McCabe RE; Segalowitz SJ; Schulkin J
Journal
Personality and Individual Differences, Vol. 41, No. 7, pp. 1217–1228
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
November 2006
DOI
10.1016/j.paid.2006.02.020
ISSN
0191-8869