Data for: Childhood Trauma and Type D Personality: The Endocrine and Cardiovascular Effects on Stress Reactivity

Both exaggerated and blunted cardiovascular stress reactivity have been related to health problems. Early life experiences and the personality traits which can be respectively considered as environmental and inherent factors affect endocrine and cardiovascular stress responses but the observed directions of effect have been different in the terms of exaggeration and blunting response. This study aims to compare the endocrine and cardiovascular reactions against acute laboratory stress regarding childhood traumas and type D personality in a sample of 62 healthy university male students.