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PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING, DEPRESSION AND HORMONAL STRESS RESPONSE IN RELATION TO THE LEVEL OF ANXIETY

Kornienko D.S, Kozlov A.I, Otavina M.L
The paper presents the results of the study of differences in cortisol level, depression and psychological well-being in groups with high, moderate and low level of anxiety. Besides correlation between psychological characteristics and biomarker of stress are discussed. Sample consists of 129 first-grade students. Methods: State-trait anxiety inventory (C. Spilbreger), Beck’s depression inventory and psychological well-being scale (K. Ryff). Cortisol was determined from saliva samples. Statistical analysis: cluster k-means, ANOVA and Pearson correlations. The whole sample was divided into three groups with high, moderate and low level of anxiety. Significant differences in cortisol extraction were found between the groups with moderate and high and moderate and low level of anxiety. Depression level differs in each group. A psychological well-being parameters are higher in the group with low level of anxiety. Cortisol level has minimal correlations with anxiety, depression and psychological well-being. These facts led to the conclusion that psychological traits and biological stress marker has nonlinear relations.

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Корниенко Д.С, Козлов А.И, Отавина М.Л ХАРАКТЕРИСТИКИ ПСИХОЛОГИЧЕСКОГО БЛАГОПОЛУЧИЯ,ДЕПРЕССИИ И ГОРМОНАЛЬНОЙ СТРЕССОВОЙ РЕАКЦИИ В СВЯЗИ С УРОВНЕМ ТРЕВОЖНОСТИ // Научное обозрение. Психологические науки. 2020. № 1. ;
URL: https://science-psychology.ru/en/article/view?id=37 (дата обращения: 24.06.2026).