Social connectedness and hair cortisol in community-dwelling older adults
Purpose: Hair cortisol is emerging as a reliable biomarker for measuring retrospective stress hormone levels. Given that social connectedness can buffer psychobiological stress reactivity, increasing attention is being paid to the specific types of social networks associated with the stress response...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-05-01
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Series: | Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666497621000278 |