Salivary cortisol in university students after the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic required people to navigate lockdowns and unfamiliar restrictions for the first time. It is known that situations characterised by uncontrollability and novelty heighten the physiological response to stress. The data presented here was collected as part of an experimental stress study and offered an opportunity to compare cortisol levels upon arrival to the lab before and after the first UK lockdown, when students had to navigate novel health and safety restrictions on campus. Participants (n = 152) were students who took part in an experiment designed to measure salivary cortisol levels as a response to a stress task. All provided a baseline cortisol sample after arriving to the lab but before the experimental task. Pre-lockdown participants (n = 72) we

SUBMITTER: Andelic N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9487176 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature