Why the study?
Does self-esteem modulate neuroendocrine responses to cognitive/behavioral and pharmacologic challenges in healthy older individuals?
Does self-esteem modulate neuroendocrine responses to cognitive/behavioral and pharmacologic challenges in healthy older individuals?
Higher self-esteem is associated with lower cortisol responses to real-life cognitive/behavioral challenges in healthy older adults.
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Self-esteem was associated with lower cortisol reactivity to stress in older adults; hypothesis-generating and does not support practice change.
Seeman et al. (1995) studied this question.
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