title: Interpersonal trust and social stress-induced cortisol elevation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Taiki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Koki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Miho
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: Nozomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kitamura
authors.forename: Takafumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsukasaki
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nakama
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kameda
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D006854:Hydrocortisone