دورية أكاديمية
Is your stress my stress? A standardized, randomized-controlled paradigm to study physiological stress contagion based on direct stress observation.
العنوان: | Is your stress my stress? A standardized, randomized-controlled paradigm to study physiological stress contagion based on direct stress observation. |
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المؤلفون: | Auer A; Biological Work and Health Psychology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany; Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany., Walther LM; Biological Work and Health Psychology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany; Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany., Jendryczko D; Methods for Intensive Data in Psychology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany., Auer L; Biological Work and Health Psychology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany., Wirtz PH; Biological Work and Health Psychology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany; Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany. Electronic address: petra.wirtz@uni-konstanz.de. |
المصدر: | Psychoneuroendocrinology [Psychoneuroendocrinology] 2024 Apr; Vol. 162, pp. 106964. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jan 17. |
نوع المنشور: | Randomized Controlled Trial; Journal Article |
اللغة: | English |
بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: Pergamon Press Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 7612148 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1873-3360 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 03064530 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Psychoneuroendocrinology Subsets: MEDLINE |
أسماء مطبوعة: | Original Publication: Oxford, Elmsford, N. Y., Pergamon Press. |
مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Aldosterone* , Adrenal Medulla*, Humans ; Male ; Hydrocortisone ; Cognition ; Stress, Physiological |
مستخلص: | Background & Objectives: Existing research indicates that not only own stress leads to physiological stress reactions, but also observing stress in others. So far, a standardized paradigm to reliably induce physiological stress contagion based on direct face-to-face stress observation compared to an active placebo-stress observing control condition is lacking. Here, we tested a standardized randomized placebo-controlled experimental paradigm to investigate physiological reactivity to direct stress observation and characterized the stress contagion response of the major endocrine stress systems, including full reactivity kinetics. Methods: Healthy young male participants were randomly assigned to (1) undergo an adapted version of the Trier Social Stress Test ("TSST participants", n = 20), (2) observe it ("stress observers", n = 36), or (3) observe a corresponding placebo-stress control condition ("placebo-stress observers", n = 30). We repeatedly assessed heart rate, salivary alpha-amylase, salivary cortisol, and salivary aldosterone. Results: Stress observers exhibited greater physiological reactivity to stress observation as compared to placebo-stress observers to placebo-stress observation in heart rate, salivary alpha-amylase, and cortisol (p's ≤ .027), but not in aldosterone. We observed similar reactivity kinetics in TSST participants and stress observers but less pronounced in stress observers. Discussion: Extending previous literature, our findings indicate that independent of secondary effects of the observation setting, direct observation of stress in other individuals induces activation of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis and the sympathetic-adrenal-medullary axis. Moreover, the physiological stress contagion response resembles the physiological reactivity to first-hand stress but is less pronounced. Potential implications of physiological stress contagion regarding health, cognition, or behavior, as well as modulating factors need to be further elucidated. Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. (Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.) |
فهرسة مساهمة: | Keywords: Physiological reactivity; Stress; Stress contagion; Trier Social Stress Test |
المشرفين على المادة: | 4964P6T9RB (Aldosterone) WI4X0X7BPJ (Hydrocortisone) |
تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20240201 Date Completed: 20240304 Latest Revision: 20240304 |
رمز التحديث: | 20240304 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2024.106964 |
PMID: | 38301381 |
قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
تدمد: | 1873-3360 |
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DOI: | 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2024.106964 |