Figure 1.
Mean salivary cortisol levels in response to the newspaper task as a function of Time (1– baseline, 2– immediately following the newspaper task, 3– ten minutes after the end of the newspaper task) and Condition (neutral, negative) for men (panel A) and women (panel B).
Adjusted means as a function of ‘emotionality’ and ‘concerned’ are presented. The error bars represent the standard error of the mean.
Figure 2.
Mean salivary cortisol levels in response to the Trier Social Stress Test as a function of Time (Time 3– pre-anticipation, Time 4– post-anticipation, Time 5, 6,7 and 8–0, 10, 20 and 30 minutes following the end of the TSST) and Condition (neutral, negative) for men (panel A) and women (panel B).
Adjusted means as a function of ‘emotionality’ and ‘concerned’ are presented. The error bars represent the standard error of the mean. The asterisk (*) means p<0.05 and the square (□) stands for trend towards significance (p = 0.072). Panel C depicts mean salivary cortisol levels in women in response to the Trier Social Stress Test as a function of Time (Time 3– pre-anticipation, Time 4– post-anticipation, Time 5, 6,7 and 8–0, 10, 20 and 30 minutes following the end of the TSST) and Study (current study – group of women neutral vs. comparative study – group of women). The raw means are presented. The error bars represent the standard error of the mean.
Figure 3.
Mean delayed memory performance for the news excerpts as a function of Condition (neutral, negative) and Sex (men, women).
Adjusted means as a function of ‘emotionality’ and ‘concerned’ are presented. The error bars represent the standard error of the mean. The asterisk (*) means p<0.05.