Blar i Brage INN på forfatter "Vaičaitienė, Ramutė"
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The association between endogenous hair steroid hormones and social environmental factors in a group of conscripts during basic military training
Mažeikienė, Asta; Bekesiene, Svajone; Karčiauskaitė, Dovilė; Mazgelytė, Eglė; Larsson, Ulf Gerry; Petrėnas, Tomas; Kaminskas, Andrius; Songailienė, Jurgita; Utkus, Algirdas; Vaičaitienė, Ramutė; Smaliukienė, Rasa (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This study aimed to analyse the association between endogenous hair steroid hormones as reliable biological indicators of an individual’s stress level and the social environmental factors experienced during military training ... -
Hair Cortisol, Perceived Stress, and the Effect of Group Dynamics: A Longitudinal Study of Young Men during Compulsory Military Training in Lithuania
Smaliukienė, Rasa; Bekesiene, Svajone; Mažeikienė, Asta; Larsson, Ulf Gerry; Karčiauskaitė, Dovilė; Mazgelytė, Eglė; Vaičaitienė, Ramutė (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Previous research shows a nonlinear dependency between hair cortisol concentrations and perceived stress levels. This may be due to stress being targeted at the individual level despite it also being a social phenomenon ... -
Perceived stress and hair cortisol levels amongst conscripts during basic military training: A repeated measures study
Larsson, Ulf Gerry; Smaliukienė, Rasa; Mažeikienė, Asta; Vaičaitienė, Ramutė; Bekešienė, Svajonė; Mazgelytė, Eglė; Karčiauskaitė, Dovilė (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The aim was to examine hair cortisol levels and self-reported stress amongst conscripts during their basic military training, and how they are related to four types of theory-derived determinants. The following prediction ... -
Three-Faceted Approach to Perceived Stress: A Longitudinal Study of Stress Hormones, Personality, and Group Cohesion in the Real-Life Setting of Compulsory Basic Military Training
Bekesiene, Svajone; Smaliukiene, Rasa; Vaičaitienė, Ramutė; Mažeikienė, Asta; Larsson, Ulf Gerry; Karčiauskaitė, Dovilė; Mazgelytė, Eglė (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Compulsory basic military training is characterized not only by being challenging but also by being stressful. Assuming a high frequency of perceived stress events as a negative outcome of training, this article provides ...