کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
6818521 547001 2015 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Neuroticism and cortisol: The importance of checking for sex differences
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
روان نژندی و کورتیزول: اهمیت بررسی تفاوت های جنسیتی
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی علوم غدد
چکیده انگلیسی
Existent research documents an unclear and contradictory pattern between cortisol and personality variables, especially neuroticism. Specifically, no effect, positive correlations and negative correlations have all been reported to exist between cortisol and neuroticism. The current study tested whether males and females have a fundamentally different relationship between HPA activation and neuroticism and if this might partially account for some of the discrepancy in findings. Saliva samples (n = 183) for cortisol were collected three times across a 90 min period. Neuroticism was measured via the NEO-FFI. For men, neuroticism was positively correlated with cortisol level (r = .29). For women it was negatively correlated. The negative correlation between neuroticism and cortisol level remained when oral contraceptive use was statistically controlled, and the statistical significance actually increased (partial r = −.20). This suggests a slight suppressor effect, explainable by prior research on correlates of oral contraceptive use. Overall, these findings may offer some explanation for the discrepant results that have been reported in the existing literature regarding neuroticism and cortisol measures.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Psychoneuroendocrinology - Volume 62, December 2015, Pages 174-179
نویسندگان
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