Not All Stress Is the Same: Variable Associations Between Psychosocial Stressors and Urinary Cortisol Rhythms in a Small-Scale Subsistence Society.

Key Points

• The aim is to explore the relationships between psychosocial stressors and diurnal cortisol rhythms in a small-scale society.
• Assessment of psychosocial stressors in a subsistence society
• Measurement of urinary cortisol rhythms
• Use of statistical analysis to evaluate associations
• Identified complex relationships between stressors and cortisol levels
• Noted high statistical uncertainty in findings
• Emphasized the need for further longitudinal research