Salivary cortisol/DHEA ratio response to acute academic stress and its association with performance in middle-to-late adolescents.
OBJECTIVES: Neuroendocrine coupling across adolescent transition conditions a stage of heightened variability in hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis stress reactivity, likely impacting the adaptive physiological response to psychological stressors during adolescence. This study aimed to assess the salivary cortisol, DHEA, and cortisol/D.....