Cardiovascular and cortisol reactivity and habituation to a virtual reality version of the Trier Social Stress Test: A pilot study

Jönsson, Peter; Wallergård, Mattias; Österberg, Kai; Hansen, Åse Marie; Johansson, Gerd; Karlson, Björn

doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.04.003

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“…During the second exposure to the TSST-G, a significant increase in HR was detected. Previous studies about the repeated application of the TSST in single settings showed, similarly, no habituation with regard to the HR response (Gerra et al, 2001;von Känel et al, 2006;Jönsson et al, 2010) or a minimal decrease over time (Schommer et al, 2003). In the present study, the repeated application showed no (TSST-G-2 nd -defence) or a slight (TSST-G-2 nd -presentation) habituation with regard to HR.…”

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“…Cohen et al (2000) showed that fear and stress levels increased during a second exposure to the TSST (two week interval), but the increases were less extreme as during the first exposure. Similarly, Jönsson et al (2010) found that subjects felt significantly less frightened during a second exposure to the TSST (one week interval). These results are in line with our findings, in which we detected a partial habituation in positive and negative affect during a repeated exposure to the TSST-G.…”

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“…Repeated exposure to the TSST has produced different changes in various physiological stress systems. The cortisol response usually habituates to repeated exposure to minimally changed stress tasks (Kirschbaum et al, 1995;Schommer et al, 2003;Wüst et al, 2005;Kudielka et al, 2006), whereas the stress response of sAA (Gerra et al, 2001;Schommer et al, 2003;, HR (Gerra et al, 2001;Schommer et al, 2003;von Känel et al, 2006;Jönsson et al, 2010) and HRV (Petrowski et al, 2012) show very little habituation to repeated stress exposure.…”

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

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“…Dickerson et al (2008) demonstrated that the link between performance and cortisol response is due not to mere social presence but to SET. A further adaptation of the TSST addressed this using a virtual reality (VR) TSST in which participants performed tasks using a head tracking system in front of a virtual environment (Jonsson et al, 2010).…”

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Panel manipulation in social stress testing: The Bath Experimental Stress Test for Children (BEST-C)

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Turner‐Cobb

2016

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SummaryBackground: Whilst acute stress paradigms in adults make use of adult panel members, similar paradigms modified for child participants have not manipulated the panel.Most work has utilised an audience of adult confederates, regardless of the age of the population being tested. The aim of this study was to trial a social stress test for children that provided a meaningful environment using age-matched child peers as panel actors.Methods: Thirty-three participants (7-11 years) underwent the Bath Experimental Stress Test for Children (BEST-C). Based on the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST), it comprises a shortened six-minute public speaking task and four-minute maths challenge. It differs from previous stress tests by using age-matched children on the panel, pre-recorded and presented as a live feed, and includes an expanded manipulation check of subjective experience. Salivary cortisol was assessed at four time points, pre-post stress testing; life events, daily hassles and coping strategies were measured through questionnaires. A simple numerical coding scheme was applied to post-test interview data. Results:The BEST-C generated a typical stress and adaptation response in salivary cortisol (p=.032). Age and gender differences were observed during recovery. Cortisol responses mapped directly onto three distinct subjective response patterns: i) expected response and recovery; ii) expected response, no recovery; iii) no response. Conclusions:The BEST-C, utilising child confederates of participant target age is a meaningful social stress test for children. This is the first social stress test developed specifically for children that manipulates panel characteristics by using child confederates and a pre-recorded sham panel. Greater cortisol responses to the test were also found to match subjective verbal accounts of the experience. It offers a meaningful acute stress paradigm with potential applications to other child and adolescent age groups. Furthermore, it leads the way in the use of panel manipulation in social stress testing.

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“…This state is considered in this work as basal. Stress was induced by a modification of the Trier Social Stress Test, which is widely used in stress research 41,42 . The protocol follows the one described in reference 43 .…”

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Direct infussion Electrospray Mass Spectrometry as a new non-invasive tool for serum metabolomics in induced-stress subjects

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-Background and Objectives: Nanotechnology is becoming a tool for the study of changes in the metabolome of patients in different states of disease. Analytical techniques such as Electrospray Mass Spectrometry, allow to find biomarkers by determination of metabolites. Nowadays, there is not an objective analytical approach for diagnosis of stress. Thus, the objectives of this pilot work are: Describing the development of a fast, direct and non-invasive analytical protocol, applied for the first time, to study the metabolomic profile of patient s different states through a disease. Testing the protocol in a pilot sample with non-stressed and stress-induced subjects.Methods: High resolution direct infusion electrospray mass spectrometry has been used to analyse the metabolome of blood samples (0.3 ml) from six subjects.Results: Data prove a clear discrimination between non-stressed and stressed states in the metabolome. Data showed different predominant metabolites in both states. Results allow objective characterization of the state of the patient.Conclusions: Although this is a pilot study, the method was successful in discriminating different metabolites in non-stressed and stress-induced subjects.

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Cardiovascular and cortisol reactivity and habituation to a virtual reality version of the Trier Social Stress Test: A pilot study

Cited by 131 publications

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

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

Panel manipulation in social stress testing: The Bath Experimental Stress Test for Children (BEST-C)

Direct infussion Electrospray Mass Spectrometry as a new non-invasive tool for serum metabolomics in induced-stress subjects

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