Table 2.
Survey items with an indecisive voting result.
| Section |
Text |
Vote |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Subcategory | Necessary | Desirable | |
| CAR | Objectively monitoring sampling time (time-stamped containers etc.) | Total: 6 | Total: 7 |
| Reported design procedures | Sr.: 5 | Sr.: 3 | |
| Jr.: 1 | Jr.: 4 | ||
| CAR | Menopause | Total: 5 | Total: 7 |
| Trait covariates | Sr.: 4 | Sr.: 3 | |
| Jr.: 1 | Jr.: 4 | ||
| CAR | Ethnicity | Total: 4 | Total: 6 |
| Trait covariates | Sr.: 4 | Sr.: 2 | |
| Jr.: 0 | Jr.: 4 | ||
| CAR | Perceived chronic stress | Total: 4 | Total: 8 |
| Trait covariates | Sr.: 4 | Sr.: 3 | |
| Jr.: 0 | Jr.: 5 | ||
| Basal cortisol secretion | Brushing teeth | Total: 5 | Total: 6 |
| State covariates | Sr.: 4 | Sr.: 3 | |
| Jr.: 1 | Jr.: 3 | ||
| Basal cortisol secretion | Menopause | Total: 5 | Total: 6 |
| Trait covariates | Sr.: 4 | Sr.: 3 | |
| Jr.: 1 | Jr.: 3 | ||
| Reactive cortisol secretion | Precise description of potential habituation effects | Total: 8 | Total: 11 |
| Reported design procedures | Sr.: 6 | Sr.: 4 | |
| Jr.: 2 | Jr.: 7 | ||
| Reactive cortisol secretion | Time of awakening | Total: 10 | Total: 8 |
| State covariates | Sr.: 2 | Sr.: 6 | |
| Jr.: 8 | Jr.: 2 | ||
| Reactive cortisol secretion | Day of sampling (weekday vs. weekend) | Total: 9 | Total: 8 |
| State covariates | Sr.: 3 | Sr.: 6 | |
| Jr.: 6 | Jr.: 2 | ||
| Reactive cortisol secretion | Habitual alcohol intake (drinks per week) | Total: 11 | Total: 9 |
| Trait covariates | Sr.: 4 | Sr.: 6 | |
| Jr.: 7 | Jr.: 3 | ||
| Reactive cortisol secretion | Season of the year | Total: 9 | Total: 5 |
| State covariates | Sr.: 3 | Sr.: 4 | |
| Jr.: 6 | Jr.: 1 | ||
| Reactive cortisol secretion | Anticipation of the day load | Total: 12 | Total: 8 |
| State covariates | Sr.: 4 | Sr.: 7 | |
| Jr.: 8 | Jr.: 1 | ||
| Reactive cortisol secretion | Childhood adversity | Total: 12 | Total: 7 |
| Trait covariates | Sr.: 3 | Sr.: 6 | |
| Jr.: 9 | Jr.: 1 | ||
Note: Sr. = Senior researchers with more than ten publications in the field of psychoneuroendocrinology. Jr. = Junior researchers with less than ten publications in the field of psychoneuroendocrinology.