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Trait Rumination Predicts Elevated Evening Cortisol in Sexual and Gender Minority Young Adults.
International journal of environmental research and public health - 9 Nov 2017
Zoccola Peggy M, Manigault Andrew W, Figueroa Wilson S, Hollenbeck Cari, Mendlein Anna, Woody Alex, Hamilton Katrina, Scanlin Matt, Johnson Ryan C
Abstract excerpt
Stress may contribute to illness through the impaired recovery or sustained activity of stress-responsive biological systems. Rumination, or mental rehearsal of past stressors, may alter the body's stress-responsive systems by amplifying and prolonging exposure to physiological mediators, such as cortisol. The primary aim of the current investigation was to test the extent to which the tendency to ruminate on...
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