Nancy A Nicolson

Biographic Data

ID4231827
NAMENancy A Nicolson
GIVEN NAMESNancy A
FAMILY NAMENicolson
SIGNATURENICOLSON N A
AFFILIATIONSMaastricht University
ORCID0000-0002-3106-8046
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS37
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1988
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2010
H-INDEX4

  • Childhood Maltreatment and Diurnal Cortisol Patterns in Women With Chronic Pain

    Nancy A Nicolson, Mary C Davis et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2010

    OBJECTIVE: To assess whether alleged childhood maltreatment is associated with daily cortisol secretion in women with chronic pain. METHOD: Women with fibromyalgia (FM group, n = 35) or with osteoarthritis only (OA group, n = 35) completed diaries and collected three saliva samples daily for 30 days, with compliance monitored electronically. Childhood abuse and neglect were assessed by self-report (Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-short form [CTQ-s…

  • Susceptibility to Depression Expressed as Alterations in Cortisol Day Curve

    Marieke Wichers, Marieke C Wichers et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2008

    Objective: To examine, using a cross-twin cross-trait design, the hypotheses 1) that the genetic and environmental susceptibility to depression is expressed, in part, as alterations in cortisol day curves and 2) that cortisol abnormalities are not merely the consequence of depressive states or the stressors associated with its onset. Alteration of diurnal secretion of cortisol is a possible endophenotype of depression, as depressed patients show …

  • Mood in Daily Contexts

    Open AccessJosien Schneiders, Nancy A Nicolson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Research on Adolescence2007Cited by: 4References: 9

    Disturbances in affect have been linked to problem behavior in adolescence and future psychopathology, but little is known about how such disturbances manifest themselves in everyday contexts. This study investigated daily mood in Dutch 7th graders, aged 11–14. Cluster analysis of problem measures distinguished high‐risk ( n =25) and low‐risk ( n =106) subgroups. Participants completed experience‐sampling reports of mood, social context, and loca…

  • Diurnal mood variation in major depressive disorder

    Frenk Peeters, Johannes Berkhof et al.ARTICLEEmotion2006

    Depression disturbs mood, but a clear picture of diurnal mood rhythms in depression has yet to emerge. This study examined variations in positive affect (PA) and negative affect (NA), two dimensions of mood that generate diurnal patterns among healthy individuals. Repeated measurements of NA and PA in daily life were obtained over 6 days from 47 depressed outpatients and 39 healthy individuals using the Experience Sampling Method. Relative to hea…

  • Mood reactivity to daily negative events in early adolescence

    Josien Schneiders, Nancy A Nicolson et al.ARTICLEDevelopmental Psychology2006Cited by: 18References: 51

    Emotional responses to negative daily experiences in young adolescents may provide important clues to the development of psychopathology, but research is lacking. This study assessed momentary mood reactivity to daily events as a function of risk profile in a school sample, ages 11-14. High-risk (HR, n=25) and low-risk (LR, n=106) subgroups completed frequent self-reports of mood and events for 5 days. HR adolescents reported more negative events…

  • The Role of Stressful Events in the Relationship Between Positive and Negative Affects

    Open AccessAlex J Zautra, John W Reich et al.ARTICLEJournal of Personality2000

    Three studies are presented that examine the effects of stress on the relationship between positive and negative affective states. In the first study, recently bereaved and disabled older adults were compared to matched control groups without these recent stressors. Negative affect was inversely correlated with positive affect to a significantly greater extent for the highly stressed groups compared with controls. In a second study, older adults …

  • Effects of stressful daily events on mood states

    Marleen Van Eck, Nancy A Nicolson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Personality and Social…1998Cited by: 11

    This study used experience sampling methodology to examine the relationship between stressful daily events and mood. Eighty-five male white-collar workers completed self-reports 10 times a day for 5 days. Controlling for individual differences in mood levels, multilevel regression analyses showed that events were followed by increases in negative affect (NA) and agitation (Ag) and by decreases in positive affect (PA). More unpleasant events were …

  • The Effects of Perceived Stress, Traits, Mood States, and Stressful Daily Events on Salivary Cortisol

    Marleen Van Eck, Hans Berkhof et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine1996

    This study examined the effects of perceived stress and related individual characteristics, mood states, and stressful daily events on salivary cortisol levels. Forty-one "high stress" and 46 "low stress" subjects were selected on the basis of Perceived Stress Scale scores from a sample of male, white collar workers. Subjects completed Experience Sampling self-reports and collected saliva samples 10 times a day over 5 consecutive days. Multilevel…

  • Reproduction in wild female olive baboons

    Open AccessBarbara Smuts, Nancy A Nicolson et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Primatology1989

    The purpose of this paper is to evaluate several factors that influence female reproduction in a large troop of wild olive baboons ( Papio cynocephalus anubis ) based on 4 consecutive years of demographic data. Interbirth intervals were significantly shorter for females whose infants died before their next conception than for females whose infants survived. High‐ranking mothers of surviving infants had significantly shorter birth intervals than c…

  • Obesity, restrained eating and the cumulative intake curve

    Open AccessK R Westerterp, Nancy A Nicolson et al.ARTICLEAppetite1988Cited by: 4References: 12