ArticleBiology of sex differences2021
Sex-specific association of hair cortisol concentration with stress-related psychological factors in healthy young adults.
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- Establishment of a reference range for hair cortisol using a HPLC-MS/MS method in a Northern Italian population.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2026Article
- Effect of Coping Strategies on Perceived Stress and Hair Cortisol Levels During the COVID-19 Pandemic According to Sex.Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress · 2025Article
- Changes in hair cortisol and oxytocin independently associate with positive and negative psychological states in female soccer players.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Hair cortisol is a physiological indicator of training stress for female footballers.European journal of applied physiology · 2024Article
- Chronic Stress Related to Cancer Incidence, including the Role of Metabolic Syndrome Components.Cancers · 2024Article
- Hair cortisol and self-perceived stress in adolescents with multi-system functional somatic disorders.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Theory of mind and hair cortisol in healthy young adults: the moderating effects of childhood trauma.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundHair cortisol concentration (HCC) has received attention as a useful marker of stress, but evidence on associations between psychological factors and cortisol concentration is inconsistent. The purpose of this study was to investigate the sex differences in the relationship between cortisol concentration and psychological factors in healthy young adults.
methodsA total of 205 (103 females, 102 males) healthy young adults participated. HCC and various stress-related psychological measures were compared between sexes. Multiple linear regression analyses were performed to assess associations between HCC and stress-related psychological measures for all participants and for each sex.
resultsThe difference in HCC according to sex was not significant. The reported number of stressful life events in the past year, stress perception, depressive and anxiety-related symptoms, and emotion dysregulation were not different between sexes, either. The association between HCC and emotion dysregulation was significant in females but not males.
conclusionWe observed a sex-specific association between HCC and psychological factors. Our findings may imply that HCC could be a useful biomarker of stress and stress-related emotion dysregulation in healthy young women.
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