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dc.contributor.authorWittig, Roman Martin
dc.contributor.authorCrockford, Catherine
dc.contributor.authorWeltring, Anja
dc.contributor.authorLangergraber, Kevin E.
dc.contributor.authorDeschner, Tobias
dc.contributor.authorZuberbühler, Klaus
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-02T15:30:16Z
dc.date.available2016-11-02T15:30:16Z
dc.date.issued2016-11-01
dc.identifier247320490
dc.identifier84149b39-2023-4991-90d2-e893d756c96e
dc.identifier84994236473
dc.identifier000386548300001
dc.identifier.citationWittig , R M , Crockford , C , Weltring , A , Langergraber , K E , Deschner , T & Zuberbühler , K 2016 , ' Social support reduces stress hormone levels in wild chimpanzees across stressful events and everyday affiliations ' , Nature Communications , vol. 7 , 13361 . https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13361en
dc.identifier.issn2041-1723
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-8378-088X/work/64360661
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/9751
dc.descriptionWe acknowledge Royal Zoological Society of Scotland for providing core funding to BCFS and Leakey Foundation (R.M.W., C.C., T.D., K.Z.), British Academy (C.C.), Leverhulme Trust (K.Z.) and Max Planck Society (R.M.W., C.C. and T.D.) for funding the research.en
dc.description.abstractStress is a major cause of poor health and mortality in humans and other social mammals. Close social bonds buffer stress, however much of the underlying physiological mechanism remains unknown. Here, we test two key hypotheses: bond partner effects occur only during stress (social buffering) or generally throughout daily life (main effects). We assess urinary glucocorticoids (uGC) in wild chimpanzees, with or without their bond partners, after a natural stressor, resting or everyday affiliation. Chimpanzees in the presence of, or interacting with, bond partners rather than others have lowered uGC levels across all three contexts. These results support the main effects hypothesis and indicate that hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis regulation is mediated by daily engagement with bond partners both within and out of stressful contexts. Regular social support with bond partners could lead to better health through daily ‘micro-management’ of the HPA axis, a finding with potential medical implications for humans.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofNature Communicationsen
dc.subjectBF Psychologyen
dc.subjectNDASen
dc.subjectBDCen
dc.subjectR2Cen
dc.subject.lccBFen
dc.titleSocial support reduces stress hormone levels in wild chimpanzees across stressful events and everyday affiliationsen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Psychology and Neuroscienceen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciencesen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Centre for Social Learning & Cognitive Evolutionen
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/ncomms13361
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden


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