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    "title": "TAP reading note: The effects of acute work stress and appraisal on psychobiological stress responses in a group office environment",
    "description": "Preceding work interruptions amplified cortisol reactivity but were accompanied by less threatening appraisal than psychosocial stress alone. Psychological appraisal and endocrine response can diverge in the same controlled setting.",
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      "title": "The effects of acute work stress and appraisal on psychobiological stress responses in a group office environment",
      "authors": "Kerr JI, Naegelin M, Weibel RP, Ferrario A, La Marca R, von Wangenheim F, Hoelscher C, Schinazi VR",
      "journal": "Psychoneuroendocrinology",
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        "title": "The effects of acute work stress and appraisal on psychobiological stress responses in a group office environment",
        "authors": "Kerr JI, Naegelin M, Weibel RP, Ferrario A, La Marca R, von Wangenheim F, Hoelscher C, Schinazi VR",
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          "90 adults randomized to three conditions, 30 each; 44 women; mean age 23.11.",
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