Gender-dependent effects of body esteem and appraisal on cortisol stress responses
Background : The Social Self Preservation Theory posits that situations that threaten the ‘social self’ elicit shame which, in turn, is linked to cortisol stress response. Body esteem may be one predictor of the propensity to respond with shame to stress. Hence, the present stu...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2012-09-01
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| Series: | European Journal of Psychotraumatology |
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