APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Cortisol Patterns and Affect in Adolescence
- LillyBelle Deer
University of California, Davis - Grant Shields
University of California, Davis - Susannah Ivory
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - Camelia Hostinar
University of California, Davis - Eva Telzer
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Abstract
In a diverse sample of adolescents (N=370, M = 14.65 years, SD = 1.39), racial/ethnic differences in diurnal cortisol and daily affect patterns emerged. Racial/ethnic minority youth exhibited flatter cortisol slopes and lower levels of positive affect compared to white youth.
Adolescent
