Within-Person Covariation between Mood and Biochemicals.

Abstract

A presumed covariation of mood and biochemicals is important in models of stress and emotion. A within-person approach should yield a sensitive test of this hypothesis, but prior studies of routine life situations had shown only modest associations. The present study applied the within-person approach to 34 men with variation in stress known to be sufficient to change mood and biochemical variables. Average within-person correlations were strong for moods and small, but frequently significant, for biochemical variables and mood-biochemical pairs. Significant inter-individual differences in the correlations were present for moods and possibly for mood-biochemical pairs. These results were consistent with current theories of emotion given peripheral biochemical measures. The cumulative effects of the mood-biochemical associations may be significant for behavior and health, because moods were related to a number of relatively independent biochemical parameters. Because important inter-individual differences in within-person correlations are still a possibility, the hypothesis of strong mood-biochemical variable covariation may apply to some people. Keywords: Moods; Within-person correlation; Biochemical responses; Stress; Repeated Measures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA158196

Entities

People

  • H. W. Ward Jr.
  • R. H. Rahe
  • R. R. Vickers Jr.
  • T. L. Conway

Organizations

  • Naval Health Research Center

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  • Acids
  • Basic Training
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Cholesterol
  • Cortisol
  • Defense Mechanisms
  • Depression
  • Genetics
  • Happiness
  • Hormones
  • Mental Processes
  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Stress (Physiology)
  • Training
  • Uric Acid

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  • Psychology

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