Table 3.

Associations (Pearson’s r) between SSS Form Responses and Cortisol Values

	Sample 1	Sample 2	Sample 3	Sample 4
Experienced stressful event	.01	.13	.03	−.05
Smoke	.23**	−.01	−.11	−.07
Caffeine	.11	−.12	−.10	−.07
Alcohol	--	--	--	.11
Eat	.09	−.08	−.07	.07
Exercise	.01	−.06	−.03	−.02
Positive affect	.06	.14†	.17*	.04
Distress	−.15†	−.12	−.10	−.07
Physical symptoms	−.16*	−.09	−.06	−.06

^†p < .10;

^*p < .05;

^**p < .01;

^***p < .001

Notes: Correlation values are associations of cortisol values and SSS responses taken at the same sampling time. Correlation values were not reported for Alcohol at Samples 1, 2, and 3 due to a lack of participants who reported consuming alcohol at these times