Participation in electoral politics is affected by a host of social and demographics variables, but there is growing evidence that biological predispositions may also play a role in behavior related to political involvement. We examined the role of individual variation in hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) stress axis parameters in explaining differences in self-reported and actual participation in political activities. Self-reported political activity, religious participation, and verified voting activity in U.S. national elections were collected from 105 participants, who were subsequently exposed to a standardized (nonpolitical) psychosocial stressor. We demonstrated that lower baseline salivary cortisol in the late afternoon was signi...
Dominance contests are recurrent and widespread causes of stress among mammals. Studies of activatio...
Identifying individual differences in stress reactivity is of particular interest in the context of ...
ObjectivePhysically active individuals have lower rates of morbidity and mortality, and recent evide...
Previous research finds that voting is a socially stressful activity associated with increases in co...
Political involvement varies markedly across people. Traditional explanations for this variation ten...
Elections present unique opportunities to study how sociopolitical events influence individual proce...
<div><p>Dominance contests are recurrent and widespread causes of stress among mammals. Studies of a...
Intergroup competitions such as democratic elections can intensify intergroup polarization and confl...
Stress is an ubiquitous phenomenon with significant impact on human physiology when it lasts too lon...
Building on a growing body of research that suggests political attitudes are part of broader individ...
Lack of control and threats to social standing, whether evoked by acute or chronic stressors or refl...
The glucocorticoid (GC) hormone cortisol is the end product of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal ax...
© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis irregularities have been associated ...
To account for individual differences in vulnerability for stress-related disorders, studies have ex...
A substantial body of research on the pathophysiology of negative health outcomes has focused on dys...
Dominance contests are recurrent and widespread causes of stress among mammals. Studies of activatio...
Identifying individual differences in stress reactivity is of particular interest in the context of ...
ObjectivePhysically active individuals have lower rates of morbidity and mortality, and recent evide...
Previous research finds that voting is a socially stressful activity associated with increases in co...
Political involvement varies markedly across people. Traditional explanations for this variation ten...
Elections present unique opportunities to study how sociopolitical events influence individual proce...
<div><p>Dominance contests are recurrent and widespread causes of stress among mammals. Studies of a...
Intergroup competitions such as democratic elections can intensify intergroup polarization and confl...
Stress is an ubiquitous phenomenon with significant impact on human physiology when it lasts too lon...
Building on a growing body of research that suggests political attitudes are part of broader individ...
Lack of control and threats to social standing, whether evoked by acute or chronic stressors or refl...
The glucocorticoid (GC) hormone cortisol is the end product of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal ax...
© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis irregularities have been associated ...
To account for individual differences in vulnerability for stress-related disorders, studies have ex...
A substantial body of research on the pathophysiology of negative health outcomes has focused on dys...
Dominance contests are recurrent and widespread causes of stress among mammals. Studies of activatio...
Identifying individual differences in stress reactivity is of particular interest in the context of ...
ObjectivePhysically active individuals have lower rates of morbidity and mortality, and recent evide...