Cortisol fluctuates with increases and decreases in negative affect

Tony W. Buchanan; Mustafa Al'Absi; William R. Lovallo

doi:10.1016/S0306-4530(98)00078-X

Cortisol fluctuates with increases and decreases in negative affect

Tony W. Buchanan, Mustafa Al'Absi, William R. Lovallo

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Abstract

Prior studies have reported cortisol secretion to be primarily influenced by negative affect, but less is known about cortisol activity during states of activation involving increased positive affect and decreased negative affect. On separate days, 30 healthy young men experienced: an activating and humorous video; a speech stressor; and a resting control period. Cortisol was measured in saliva before and after each 30-min mood induction. Positive affect (activation) was increased similarly by both the video and the speech compared to rest (p < .0001). Negative affect increased during the speech and decreased during the video (p < .001). Cortisol increased only during the speech (p < .0001). Following the video, however, cortisol was decreased significantly (p < .0001). Rest day cortisol revealed no differences across periods (p > .1). These results suggest that the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis is a dynamic system influenced by changes in negative affect irrespective of the experience of generalized activation.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	227-241
Number of pages	15
Journal	Psychoneuroendocrinology
Volume	24
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0306-4530(98)00078-X
State	Published - Feb 1999
Externally published	Yes

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Funding Information:
This work was supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Mind-Body Interactions, the Department of Veteran's Affairs, and by NIMH fellowship #1 F31 MH 11844-01 awarded to T.W.B. We thank Thomas Donath, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany for his efforts in data collection and M. L'Hermite-Balriaux, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium for performing the cortisol assays. Additionally, we thank Drs Richard Davidson and John Cacioppo for valuable suggestions in planning this study and Dr Davidson for providing the video.

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Copyright 2007 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

Keywords

Cortisol
Endocrine responsiveness
Negative affect
Saliva
Stress

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