A link between cortisol and performance: An exploratory case study of a tennis match

Lautenbach, Franziska; Laborde, Sylvain; Klämpfl, Martin; Achtzehn, Silvia

doi:10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2015.10.002

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“…Schlotz et al (2011b) found the PSRS to predict cortisol reactivity to a social stress test. Cortisol reactivity and heart rate variability have both been associated with sports performance under pressure conditions (Laborde, Lautenbach, & Allen, 2015;Lautenbach, Laborde, Klämpfl, & Achtzehn, 2015). Validation via these methods would confirm the PSRS-AA as a legitimate alternative to costly and timeconsuming lab-based tests more commonly used to measure SR.…”

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The Perceived Stress Reactivity Scale for adolescent athletes

Britton

Kavanagh

Polman

2017

Personality and Individual Differences

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Individual differences play a significant role in the outcomes experienced by adolescent athletes, in what is a highly stressful period of their development. Stress reactivity is a stable individual difference underlying the broad variability in responses to stress, which has received very little attention within sport. Conventional physiological measures of reactivity can be time-consuming, costly, and invasive; therefore, this study aimed to adapt a self-report measure of perceived stress reactivity for use with adolescent athletes. 243 Adolescent athletes competing in various sports completed the perceived stress reactivity scale for adolescent athletes (PSRS-AA) along with measures of perceived stress, Big Five personality traits, and subjective well-being. The five-factor, 23 item structure of the original PSRS provided an adequate model fit for the PSRS-AA. There was good internal consistency and test retest reliability for the scale's measure of total reactivity. Total reactivity was positively associated with perceived stress, and negatively associated with emotional stability, extraversion, openness, and life satisfaction. Female adolescent athletes reported significantly higher stress reactivity than males. These findings provide good initial support for the use of PSRS-AA as a valid alternative to physiological measures of stress reactivity in youth sport contexts.

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confidence: 84%

The Perceived Stress Reactivity Scale for adolescent athletes

Britton

Kavanagh

Polman

2017

Personality and Individual Differences

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“…Findings from other studies, however, have been mixed, depending on the type of sport and timing of the collection (pre-vs. postcompetition). Indeed, some investigations have showed higher cortisol levels in losers before and after competition (Filaire, Alix, Ferrand, & Verger, 2009;Lautenbach, Laborde, Klamfl, & Achtzehn, 2015), higher cortisol in winners before competition (Balthazar, Garcia, & Spadari-Bratfisch, 2012;Suay et al, 1999), or no significant differences between winners and losers (Oliveira, Gouveia, & Oliveira, 2009). In terms of competition type, elite golfers experienced elevated cortisol, competitive anxiety, and increased heart rate during competition compared with practice (McKay, Selig, Carlson, & Morris, 1997).…”

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Salivary Hormone and Anxiety Responses to Free-Throw Shooting Competition in Collegiate Female Basketball Players

Madrigal

Wilson

2017

Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology

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This study assessed the hormonal and psychological responses to a free-throw shooting competition in twelve NCAA Division I female collegiate basketball players. Salivary cortisol, alpha-amylase, and testosterone were collected before and after the competition, in addition to a self-reported measure of anxiety. Using nonparametric statistics, cortisol (Z = –3.06, p = .002) and testosterone (Z = –2.67, p = .008) levels were significantly higher precompetition compared with postcompetition. There were no statistically significant differences between winners and losers for anxiety or hormone responses. Concentration disruption (rho = .63, p = .03) and total competitive anxiety (rho = .68, p = .02) were positively correlated with precompetition cortisol. Concentration disruption also correlated positively with postcompetition cortisol (rho = .62 p = .03) and postcompetition testosterone (rho = .64, p = .03). Future studies are needed to examine the psychological and physiological stress responses of basketball players during different competition tasks.

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“…An exploratory case study found cortisol to be negatively correlated with performance in a tennis match: this was valid only in some performance parameters such as return performance and unforced errors, but not in others such as serving performance. Intriguingly, cortisol levels in the same study were positively correlated with the number of winners (hits that are a direct point) that the players produced 31 . In golfers, cortisol was negatively correlated with performance in a golf competition 32 .…”

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“…The inconsistency in results may be explained partly by differences in study design. For example, the aforementioned study on tennis serve performance used a laboratory stressor to increase cortisol 30 , whereas the explorative case study on cortisol during a tennis match sampled a single match very thoroughly 31 . One rugby study performed scheduled tests 28 , whereas the other collected data following different motivational pre-game treatments before official rugby union matches 29 .…”

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Status, Stress and Performance in Track and Field Athletes during the European Games in Baku (Azerbaijan)

Siart

Nimmerichter

Vidotto³

et al. 2017

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This study analyzes the relationship between salivary cortisol and testosterone levels and performance in track and field athletes. In addition, we analyzed the influence of status among athletes (measured based on previous athletic achievement) on hormone levels. Nineteen members of the Austrian track and field team (eleven males, eight females, 25.9 ± 3.9 years of age, 74.9 ± 20.1 kg, and 179.3 ± 10 cm) participated in this study. Data was collected during the European Games in Baku. Athletes delivered saliva samples at various time-points including morning samples and samples directly before and after the competition. Scoring points of the International Association of Athletics Federation were used as an individual measure of relative performance. We found that performance was negatively correlated with rise in testosterone concentrations in the last 24 h prior to the competition. A similar trend was found for cortisol levels, but only when the three least competitive athletes were removed from analysis. Pre-competition cortisol levels were significantly increased compared to measurements 24 h earlier. No effect of status on cortisol or testosterone increase in the same timeframe was found. We conclude that the tournament represented a stressor and that excessive endocrine response was associated with reduced performance.

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A link between cortisol and performance: An exploratory case study of a tennis match

Cited by 29 publications

References 27 publications

The Perceived Stress Reactivity Scale for adolescent athletes

The Perceived Stress Reactivity Scale for adolescent athletes

Salivary Hormone and Anxiety Responses to Free-Throw Shooting Competition in Collegiate Female Basketball Players

Status, Stress and Performance in Track and Field Athletes during the European Games in Baku (Azerbaijan)

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