University of Mohaghegh Ardabili Journal of School Psychology 22520821 2 2 2013 02 19 The effect of reading Persian text written with English letters (FINGLISH) on salivary cortisol in high school female students The effect of reading Persian text written with English letters (FINGLISH) on salivary cortisol in high school female students 124 137 67 d-2-2-92-4-8 FA A Alipour psychologyDepartment, Payame Noor University ,Tehran,Iran A.R Aghayoosefi Associate professor, Payam Noor University N Abaszade Aghdam A. M. of psychology, Payam Noor University Journal Article 2013 01 22 Today Persian users of mobile, computers and the Internet write their own<br />Persian texts with Latin letters named "Finglish" to facilitate their writings.<br />The present study investigated this hypothesis that reading Persian texts<br />written with English letters (FINGLISH) affects stress inducing that<br />activating the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and increased secretion of<br />cortisol in saliva. 40 high school student candidates from 5 area Education<br />of Tehran were selected and were randomly assigned to two groups<br />(Experimental and Control). Experimental group read Finglish text and<br />normal control group read Persian text. Their saliva samples were collected<br />in three stages, before, immediately after and 15 minutes after reading<br />Finglish and Persian texts. Salivary cortisol levels were measured by ELISA<br />in the laboratory. Salivary cortisol secretion rates in the experimental group<br />increased significantly (P<0.05) than the control group in different stages.<br />Data analysis showed that reading Persian text written in Latin letters,<br />creating the effect of stress on salivary cortisol secretion in high school girl<br />students. Today Persian users of mobile, computers and the Internet write their own<br />Persian texts with Latin letters named "Finglish" to facilitate their writings.<br />The present study investigated this hypothesis that reading Persian texts<br />written with English letters (FINGLISH) affects stress inducing that<br />activating the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and increased secretion of<br />cortisol in saliva. 40 high school student candidates from 5 area Education<br />of Tehran were selected and were randomly assigned to two groups<br />(Experimental and Control). Experimental group read Finglish text and<br />normal control group read Persian text. Their saliva samples were collected<br />in three stages, before, immediately after and 15 minutes after reading<br />Finglish and Persian texts. Salivary cortisol levels were measured by ELISA<br />in the laboratory. Salivary cortisol secretion rates in the experimental group<br />increased significantly (P<0.05) than the control group in different stages.<br />Data analysis showed that reading Persian text written in Latin letters,<br />creating the effect of stress on salivary cortisol secretion in high school girl<br />students. https://jsp.uma.ac.ir/article_67_e6ab367e23d1f1e1973376a679fb63d1.pdf