No evidence for a close relationship between personality traits and circadian cortisol rhythm or a single cortisol stress response

Authors
Schommer, NC Kudielka, BM Hellhammer, DH Kirschbaum, C
Citation
Nc. Schommer et al., No evidence for a close relationship between personality traits and circadian cortisol rhythm or a single cortisol stress response, PSYCHOL REP, 84(3), 1999, pp. 840-842
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology
Journal title
PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORTS
ISSN journal
00332941 → ACNP
Volume
84
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Part
1
Pages
840 - 842
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-2941(199906)84:3<840:NEFACR>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Personality traits measured with the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revi sed did not show associations with basal or stimulated concentrations of co rtisol in a sample of 81 subjects. Cortisol responses to a single exposure to psychosocial stress as well as circadian salivary-free cortisol patterns did not distinguish between subjects with high or low scores on Extraversi on, Neuroticism, or Psychoticism, respectively.