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Specific Reduction in the Cortisol Awakening Response after Socio-Affective Mental Training
ObjectivesPsychosocial stress is an inherent part of modern lifestyle, and many suffer from chronic stress exposure and the subsequent development of...
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Parenting and Adjustment Problems among Preschoolers during COVID-19
A critical area of developmental science explores factors that confer risk or protection as young children and their families experience stressful...
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When Parents Wear Dark Glasses: An Experimental Study on Parental Negative Attributions and Parenting Behavior
This experimental study aimed to advance our understanding of parental negative attributions of children’s misbehavior (parental interpretations of...
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The Role of Testosterone in Aggressive Behavior
Aggressive behavior is influenced by a complex array of psychological, environmental, and physiological factors, including circulating levels of the...
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Quarreling After a Sleepless Night: Preliminary Evidence of the Impact of Sleep Deprivation on Interpersonal Conflict
Although poor sleep has been found to correlate with deteriorations in romantic relationships, its causal impact on interpersonal conflict has not...
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Effects of University-Based AAIs: Conceptual Models Guiding Research on Active Treatment Components of AAIs on Stress-Related Outcomes
Echoing content presented at the 69th Annual Nebraska Symposium on Motivation focused on Canine Cognition and the Human Bond, this chapter shares...
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Psychological and Physical Abuse and Cortisol Response to Stress: The Moderating Role of Psychosocial Resources
Child abuse is associated with alterations in the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis functioning. However, the unique effects of psychological...
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Utilization of a Best Practice Alert (BPA) at Point-of-Care for Recruitment into a US-Based Autism Research Study
Provider referral is one of the most influential factors in research recruitment. To ease referral burden on providers, we adapted the Best Practice...
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The Impact of School Social Experiences on Socioemotional and Behavioral Problems: The Hypothesized Role of DNA Methylation
Peer victimization (including physical, verbal, and relational forms of aggression) has a worldwide prevalence rate of nearly 13%, and has...
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Psychophysiological effects of walking in forests and urban built environments with disparate road traffic noise exposure: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial
BackgroundStress is a widespread phenomenon and reality of everyday life, entailing negative consequences for physical and psychological wellbeing....
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Cortisol Awakening Response, Self-Reported Affect and Exam Performance in Female Students
The purpose of the study was to find whether there were differences in cortisol awakening response (CAR) between a neutral day and an exam day in a...
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Sex Hormone Levels in Lesbian, Bisexual, and Heterosexual Women: Systematic Review and Exploratory Meta-Analysis
Lesbian and bisexual women may have different levels of sex hormones compared to heterosexual women. We systematically reviewed comparative studies...
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Hindering or Hel**? User Preferences for Features of Recorded Mindfulness Training
ObjectivesDespite its numerous benefits, practicing mindfulness involves certain challenges. This study investigates the impact of various...
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Exposomic and polygenic contributions to allostatic load in early adolescence
Allostatic load (AL) is the cumulative ‘wear and tear’ on the body due to chronic adversity. We tested the poly-environmental (exposomic) and...
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Effects of Self-compassion on Diurnal Cortisol Pattern via Positive Affect in Colorectal Cancer Survivors
ObjectivesColorectal cancer survivors are at risks of emotional distress and dysregulated diurnal cortisol rhythms. Dispositional self-compassion has...
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Mindfulness based art therapy study protocol to determine efficacy in reducing college stress and anxiety
BackgroundCollege students in Generation Z are among the most stressed of our time. Previous research suggests that current interventions on...
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Stress effects on the top-down control of visuospatial attention: Evidence from cue-dependent alpha oscillations
Stress is assumed to inhibit the top-down control of attention and to facilitate bottom-up processing. Evidence from human experiments, however,...
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