APS
31st APS Annual Convention · 2019
The Association between Salivary Biomarkers of Physiological Stress and Extraversion
Session: Poster Session V
Authors
- Miranda PinksPresenting Author
University of California, Irvine - Ashe Pappal
University of California, Irvine - Grace Tsai
University of California, Irvine - Makenna Armijo
University of California, Irvine - Aadil Khan
University of California, Irvine - John Hunter
University of California, Irvine - Sarah Pressman
University of California, Irvine
Abstract
Chronic stress is linked with many adverse health outcomes, yet how stress relates to certain personality traits remains largely unknown. Using salivary cortisol and alpha-amylase to indicate baseline underlying physiological stress and a personality inventory, the relationship between extraversion and stress was explored and a significant correlation was found.
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