Hormonal synchrony in older couples' everyday life: the role of situational stressors and buffers

Synchrony in physiology in romantic couples has been suggested to be a result of joint interaction and co-regulation of stress and affect. However, it is subject of debate whether synchrony in endocrine levels - especially in oxytocin - is generally beneficial or if a reciprocal transmission of stre...

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Hauptverfasser: Hopf, Dora (VerfasserIn) , Aguilar-Raab, Corina (VerfasserIn) , Gödde, Johanna Ulrike (VerfasserIn) , Schneider, Ekaterina (VerfasserIn) , Ditzen, Beate (VerfasserIn) , Eckstein, Monika (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: June 2025
In: Hormones and behavior
Year: 2025, Jahrgang: 172
ISSN:1095-6867
DOI:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2025.105743
Online-Zugang:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2025.105743
Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0018506X25000698
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Verfasserangaben:Dora Hopf, Corina Aguilar-Raab, Johanna U. Gödde, Ekaterina Schneider, Beate Ditzen, Monika Eckstein

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