Mood and autonomic responses to repeated exposure to the Trier Social Stress Test for Groups (TSST-G)

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 43, Issue , 2014, Pages 41-51

  Boesch, Maria ^a,b   Sefidan, Sandra ^a,b   Ehlert, Ulrike ^a   Annen, Hubert ^b   Wyss, Thomas ^c   Steptoe, Andrew ^d   La Marca, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Federal Office of Sport   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Heart rate; Heart rate variability; Repeated stress provocation; Salivary alpha amylase; Trier social stress test for groups

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; ALPHA AMYLASE SALIVA ISOENZYME;

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFENSIVENESS; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL ARITHMETIC; MENTAL TASK; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRIER SOCIAL STRESS TEST FOR GROUP; YOUNG ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFFECT; ANTHROPOMETRY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SALIVARY ALPHA-AMYLASES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897373683     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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