The analysis of hair cortisol concentrations (HCC) is a relatively new strategy to measure
long-term cumulative cortisol levels, which is increasingly used in …

Cortisol measurements in blood, saliva and urine are frequently used to examine the
hypothalamus–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis in clinical practice and in research. However …

Background The analysis of hair cortisol concentrations (HairF) is a promising new tool for
the assessment of long-term cortisol. With the development of multiple steroid analyses by …

Hair cortisol concentrations (HCC) have been suggested to reflect long-term integrated
cortisol levels, but most evidence of associations with co-variates is from small samples of …

For recruits, basic military training (BMT) can be experienced as a stressful episode in which
relevant protective factors such as resilience might be essential for successful completion of …

Quantitating glucocorticoids (GCs) in hairs is a popular method for assessing chronic stress
in studies of humans and animals alike. The cause-and-effect relationship between stress …

Disadvantaged communities provide adverse psychosocial exposures that have been linked
to high levels of stress, and this may provide one explanatory pathway linking …

Resilience is understood as an acquired skill which aids in coping with acute and chronic
stress. Accordingly, the present study aimed to determine the effect of resilience training on …

In Switzerland, military service is a civic obligation for all adult male citizens, and thus,
leadership style can be particularly challenging. The present study investigated the impact of …

There is considerable interest in the potential for measuring cortisol in hair as a means of
quantifying stress responses in human and non-human animals. This review updates the …