Association between alexithymia and neuroendocrine response to psychological stress in police academy recruits

Shannon E. McCaslin; Sabra S. Inslicht; Thomas C. Neylan; Thomas J. Metzler; Christian Otte; Maryann Lenoci; Clare Henn-Haase; Suzanne Best; Rachel Yehuda; Charles R. Marmar

doi:10.1196/annals.1364.034

Association between alexithymia and neuroendocrine response to psychological stress in police academy recruits

Shannon E. McCaslin, Sabra S. Inslicht, Thomas C. Neylan, Thomas J. Metzler, Christian Otte, Maryann Lenoci, Clare Henn-Haase, Suzanne Best, Rachel Yehuda, Charles R. Marmar

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Abstract

Alexithymia has been associated with both posttraumatic stress disorder and neuroendocrine responses to stress. This study examined the relationship of alexithymia to salivary cortisol and 3-methoxy-4-hydroxy-phenylglycol (MHPG) in a sample of police academy recruits exposed to a video stress challenge. Alexithymia scores were negatively associated with catecholamine response to the video challenge but no association was found between alexithymia scores and cortisol reactivity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	425-427
Number of pages	3
Journal	Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Volume	1071
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1196/annals.1364.034
State	Published - Jul 2006
Externally published	Yes

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Alexithymia
Neuroendocrine
Posttraumatic stress disorder
Stress

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Association between alexithymia and neuroendocrine response to psychological stress in police academy recruits

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