caa a22 4500 475739043 CHVBK 20180406123454.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1005419917023 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1005419917023 Reductions in Salivary Cortisol Are Associated with Mood Improvement During Relaxation Training Among HIV-Seropositive Men [Elektronische Daten] [Dean Cruess, Michael Antoni, Mahendra Kumar, Neil Schneiderman] This study examined salivary cortisol and mood during relaxation training in 30 symptomatic, HIV+ gay men participating in a 10-week, group-based cognitive-behavioral stress management intervention. Cortisol levels and mood were assessed within these sessions just before and after 45-min relaxation exercises given as part of each session. Participants also recorded their stress level and compliance with daily home relaxation practice. Presession cortisol levels decreased across the 10-week period and were related to decreases in global measures of total mood disturbance and anxious mood. Reductions in presession cortisol levels were also associated with decreases in self-reported stress level during home practice. Greater reductions in cortisol during the first three sessions were associated with more frequent relaxation practice at home. These findings suggest that salivary cortisol represents an objective neuroendocrine marker for changes in anxiety and distress observed during relaxation training in symptomatic, HIV-seropositive men. Plenum Publishing Corporation, 2000 salivary cortisol nationallicence relaxation nationallicence HIV nationallicence mood nationallicence Cruess Dean Department of Psychology, University of Miami, USA aut Antoni Michael Department of Psychology, University of Miami, USA aut Kumar Mahendra Department of Psychology, University of Miami, USA aut Schneiderman Neil Department of Psychology, University of Miami, USA aut Journal of Behavioral Medicine Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 23/2(2000-04-01), 107-122 0160-7715 23:2<107 2000 23 10865 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005419917023 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005419917023 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cruess Dean Department of Psychology, University of Miami, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Antoni Michael Department of Psychology, University of Miami, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kumar Mahendra Department of Psychology, University of Miami, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Schneiderman Neil Department of Psychology, University of Miami, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Behavioral Medicine Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 23/2(2000-04-01), 107-122 0160-7715 23:2<107 2000 23 10865 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer