A cornerstone for research into the link between stress and health has been the reactivity
hypothesis; cardiovascular reactivity to psychological stressors, if prolonged or exaggerated …

Physiological and psychological stressors can exert wide-ranging effects on the human
brain and behavior. Research has improved understanding of how the sympatho-adreno …

Stable personality traits have long been presumed to have biological substrates, although
the evidence relating personality to biological stress reactivity is inconclusive. The present …

The present study examined the relationship between personality traits and the response to
acute psychological stress induced by a standardized laboratory stress induction procedure …

To provide counseling psychologists with a greater understanding of patterns of personality,
stress, and emotion regulation, the present study examined perfectionists' typical emotion …

Cardiovascular reactivity to stress is an established marker of lifetime disease risk, with both
elevated and blunted reactions empirically identified as being predictive of ill-health …

This study examined individual differences in trait resilience in physiological recovery from,
and physiological habituation to, repeated stress (ie public speaking). Eighty-two college …

Individual Differences and Personality provides a student-friendly introduction to both classic
and cutting-edge research into personality, mood, motivation and intelligence, and their …

Objectives People differ substantially in their emotional responses to negative stimuli.
Separate lines of research have reported that individual differences and mental simulations …

The present study investigated the possible interaction between life events stress and
personality in predicting cardiovascular stress responses. Participants (N= 184) completed …