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Interpersonal trust and social stress-induced cortisol elevation
Taiki Takahashi1, Koki Ikeda, Miho Ishikawa
1Department of Behavioral Science, Faculty of Letters, Hokkaido University N.10, W.7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan. ttakahashi@lynx.let.hokudai.ac.jp
Abstract:
A neuroendocrine correlate of interpersonal trust is relatively unknown. We investigated the relationship between an interpersonal trust-related personality (General Trust Scale) and cortisol elevation induced by social stress in 20 men. Spearman's rank order correlation analysis revealed a significant negative correlation between social stress-induced cortisol elevation and General Trust Scale. The present results indicate subjects with higher degrees of interpersonal trust have lower levels of neuroendocrine response to social stress.
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