Open AccessLongitudinal changes in spouses’ HPA responses: Convergence in cortisol patterns during the early years of marriage.
Author(s) -
Holly Laws,
Aline G. Sayer,
Paula R. Pietromonaco,
Sally I. Powers
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
health psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.548
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1930-7810
pISSN - 0278-6133
DOI - 10.1037/hea0000235
Subject(s) - convergence (economics) , psychology , similarity (geometry) , longitudinal study , hydrocortisone , developmental psychology , endocrinology , medicine , pathology , artificial intelligence , computer science , economics , image (mathematics) , economic growth
Drawing on theories of bidirectional influence between relationship partners (Butler, 2011; Diamond & Aspinwall, 2003), the authors applied dyadic analytic methods to test convergence in cortisol patterns over time in newlywed couples.