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SUBMITTER: Schultheiss OC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8442689 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schultheiss Oliver C OC Wiemers Uta S US Wolf Oliver T OT
Journal of research in personality 20131104
The present research tested the hypothesis that the implicit need for achievement (n Achievement) predicts attenuated cortisol (C) responses to difficult tasks, because it represents a propensity to view difficulty as a cue to mastery reward. In two studies, n Achievement was assessed through content-coding of imaginative stories and salivary C was assessed both at baseline and post-task. In Study 1 (<i>N</i> = 108 US students), n Achievement predicted an attenuated C response to a one-on-one co ...[more]