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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Res Adolesc. 2009 Sep 1;19(3):441–458. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2009.00602.x

Table 2.

Cortisol Samples

Time point
relative to
beginning of
interaction		 Description of Cortisol Sample Min Max Mean SD
Initial Sample −20 minutes Level prior to arrival at lab. .050 .798 .199 .116
Pre-task Sample − 5 minutes Level in response to description of upcoming task .061 1.031 .232 .144
Post-task Sample 1 + 10 minutes Level during interaction task .044 1.212 .243 .181
Post-task Sample 2 + 20 minutes Level at completion of task (completion) .027 .747 .219 .138
Post-task Sample 3 + 30 minutes Level 15 minutes after end of task (recovery) .024 .735 .208 .131
Post-task Sample 4 + 45 minutes Level 30 minutes after end of task (recovery) .023 .628 .198 .118
Post-task Sample 5 + 60 minutes Level 45 minutes after end of task (recovery) .040 .508 .184 .096