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. 2015 Sep 28;1:15006. doi: 10.1038/npjamd.2015.6

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Cortisol baseline, peak and recovery as a function of ‘Purpose in Life’. The graphs above depict the relationship between Purpose in Life and baseline cortisol (a), cortisol reactivity (b) and cortisol recovery (c). Purpose in Life only significantly related to cortisol recovery.