Interpersonal trust and social stress-induced cortisol elevation.
A neuroendocrine correlate of interpersonal trust is relatively unknown. We investigated the relationship between an interpersonal trust-related personality (General Trust Scale) and cortisol elevation induced by social stress in 20 men. Spearman's rank order correlation analysis revealed a significant negative correlation between social stress-induced cortisol elevation and General Trust Scale. The present results indicate subjects with higher degrees of interpersonal trust have lower levels of neuroendocrine response to social stress.
Takahashi
Taiki
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Department of Behavioral Science, Faculty of Letters, Hokkaido University N.10, W.7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan. ttakahashi@lynx.let.hokudai.ac.jp
Ikeda
Koki
K
Ishikawa
Miho
M
Kitamura
Nozomi
N
Tsukasaki
Takafumi
T
Nakama
Daisuke
D
Kameda
Tatsuya
T
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D012919:Social Behavior; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000097:blood / Q000523:psychology*; D035502:Trust / Q000523:psychology*
D006854:Hydrocortisone