Association Between Alexithymia and Neuroendocrine Response to Psychological Stress in Police Academy Recruits

:  Alexithymia has been associated with both posttraumatic stress disorder and neuroendocrine responses to stress. This study examined the relationship of alexithymia to salivary cortisol and 3‐methoxy‐4‐hydroxy‐phenylglycol (MHPG) in a sample of police academy recruits exposed to a video stress cha...

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Published in:Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2006-07, Vol.1071 (1), p.425-427
Main Authors: McCASLIN, SHANNON E., INSLICHT, SABRA S., NEYLAN, THOMAS C., METZLER, THOMAS J., OTTE, CHRISTIAN, LENOCI, MARYANN, HENN-HAASE, CLARE, BEST, SUZANNE, YEHUDA, RACHEL, MARMAR, CHARLES R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Affective Symptoms - psychology
alexithymia
Depressive Disorder - physiopathology
Humans
Hydrocortisone - metabolism
Methoxyhydroxyphenylglycol - metabolism
Models, Psychological
neuroendocrine
Neurosecretory Systems - physiopathology
Police
posttraumatic stress disorder
Saliva - metabolism
stress
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - physiopathology
Stress, Psychological - physiopathology
Stress, Psychological - psychology
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Summary::  Alexithymia has been associated with both posttraumatic stress disorder and neuroendocrine responses to stress. This study examined the relationship of alexithymia to salivary cortisol and 3‐methoxy‐4‐hydroxy‐phenylglycol (MHPG) in a sample of police academy recruits exposed to a video stress challenge. Alexithymia scores were negatively associated with catecholamine response to the video challenge but no association was found between alexithymia scores and cortisol reactivity.
ISSN:0077-8923
1749-6632
DOI:10.1196/annals.1364.034