"powres" - 1 õppematerjal

Kvalitatiivne uurimustöö Emotsioonide regulatsioon ja stress

isolated leucocytes in vitro rather than plasma IL-6 measurements (Steptoe et al 2007). Despite these findings that show an association between cortisol and ER types, more studies are needed, as there are several limitations to the present study. Firstly the participants were restricted to males and the findings may not be applicable to females. There is evidence of gender differences in response to stress (Laurent & Powres, 2007). Also women have a different kinetic profile for IL-6 (Edwards et al., 2006), and different stress related disorders, e.g general anxiety disorder (Alonso et al., 2004). Secondly the sample size was relatively small thus increasing the sample size may power the study to produce statistically significant results for e.g correlation between DAR and salivary cortisol. Thirdly, the apparent lack of difference in the