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2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

Psychosocial Stress Related to Subdued Hormonal Reactivity in Single Men and Women

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Biological Psychology

  • Nora Nickels
    Carthage College

Abstract

We examined the effects of stress on hormonal responses to a social interaction with an opposite sex confederate, with measurements of cortisol and testosterone. Results suggest that stress was related to a subdued testosterone and cortisol increase that was otherwise seen in control males and females who were single.

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