The Trier Social Stress Test for Groups (TSST-G): A new research tool for controlled simultaneous social stress exposure in a group format

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 514-522

  von Dawans, Bernadette ^a   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^b   Heinrichs, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cortisol; Group; Heart rate; Social interaction; Social stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE SALIVA LEVEL; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PUBLIC SPEAKING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SOCIAL STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRIER SOCIAL STRESS TEST FOR GROUPS;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; GROUP PROCESSES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952040824     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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