“…Job stress (Kunz-Ebrecht et al, 2004b;Steptoe et al, 2004), financial problems , depressive symptoms (Pruessner et al, 2003b), and chronic work overload (Schlotz et al, 2004;Schulz et al, 1998;Wuest et al, 2000a) International Journal of Psychophysiology 64 (2007) 141 -145 www.elsevier.com/locate/ijpsycho were related to increased cortisol secretions after awakening. These results were interpreted as indicative of chronic stress causing HPA activity.…”