Moderating Impact of Various Emotion Personality Factors on Salivary Cortisol Response to a TSST - Full Text View

Moderating Impact of Various Emotion Personality Factors on Salivary Cortisol Response to a TSST (cortpersonal)

This study has been completed.

Sponsors and Collaborators:	Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique
Information provided by:	Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00451126

Purpose

With the aim of evaluating the putative impacts of emotion related personality factors on physical and mental disease and the mechanisms of these impacts, 58 students were submitted to a social stress test (Trier Social Stress Test) and salivary cortisol samples were taken. The subjects were also submitted to several personality trait inventory, that evaluated respectively Alexithymia, Emotional Intelligence, Resilience and the Five Factor Model of Personality.

The moderating impact of these factors on the cortisol response were analysed

Condition
Psychological Stress

MedlinePlus related topics: Stress

Drug Information available for: Hydrocortisone Cortisol 21-phosphate Cortisol succinate Hydrocortamate Hydrocortisone 21-sodium succinate Hydrocortisone acetate Hydrocortisone cypionate Hydrocortisone hemisuccinate Proctofoam-HC

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Observational
Study Design:	Natural History, Cross-Sectional, Convenience Sample, Prospective Study
Official Title:	Moderating Impact of Various Emotion Personality Factors on Salivary Cortisol

Further study details as provided by Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain:

Estimated Enrollment:	58
Study Start Date:	October 2005
Study Completion Date:	January 2006

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years to 30 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:	Male
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Students

Exclusion Criteria:

Female,
Smokers,
Medication or alcohol abuse

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00451126

Locations

Belgium
Faculté de Psychologie, Université Catholique de Louvain
Louvain la Neuve, Belgium, 1348

Sponsors and Collaborators

Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain

Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique

Investigators

Study Director:

Luminet Olivier, PhD

FNRS

More Information

Study ID Numbers:	personalityandcortisol
Study First Received:	March 22, 2007
Last Updated:	March 22, 2007
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00451126
Health Authority:	Belgium: Université Catholique de Louvain

Keywords provided by Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain:

emotion
personality
social stress
appraisal

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Hydrocortisone
Cortisol succinate
Stress, Psychological

Stress
Hydrocortisone acetate
Behavioral Symptoms

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 14, 2009