Character strengths, social anxiety, and physiological stress reactivity

Li, Tingting; Duan, Wenjie; Guo, Pengfei

doi:10.7717/peerj.3396

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“…Our current finding that the physiological (HR, SCL, and PS) response to the SSST of the military was attenuated with respect to the response of the civilian participants agrees with a study by of Li, Duan, and Guo (2017). They found that HR and blood pressure of people with high-and low character strength varied in a similar way in response to a TSST, which is another social stressor, involving preparing and giving a speech for an unsupportive audience.…”

Section: Stress Responsesupporting

confidence: 91%

Stress Response and Facial Trustworthiness Judgments in Civilians and Military

Toet¹,

Bijlsma²,

Brouwer³

2017

Sage Open

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We tested the hypothesis that, either through training or selection, military personnel is more resilient to stress than civilians, as indicated by several subjective and physiological measures. In addition, we examined the effect of stress on the perceived trustworthiness of faces in these two groups. Stress was induced in 45 civilian participants and 45 army participants through the Sing-a-Song Stress Test (SSST). In this paradigm seven neutral sentences are presented, each followed by a 60-s interval. An eighth sentence asks participants to sing a song aloud after the next (eighth or stress) interval. Participants rated the trustworthiness of five neutral faces, both before and after the SSST. Pupil size, heart rate, and skin conductance were adopted as physiological stress correlates. Stress response was calculated as the difference between the mean values over the last neutral interval and the stress interval. Subjective stress ratings were obtained before and after the SSST. The baseline levels of all physiological and subjective measures were the same in the army and civilian groups, while all measures showed a significant increase following the stressor. However, compared with the civilian group, army participants reported significantly less stress and showed significantly attenuated heart rate and skin conductance responses to the SSST. These results indicate higher stress resilience in the army compared with the civilian group. In addition, we found that perceived facial trustworthiness decreased after presentation of the stressor, suggesting that the effect of a stressor can influence in principle unrelated social judgments based on facial information.

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Section: Stress Responsesupporting

confidence: 91%

Stress Response and Facial Trustworthiness Judgments in Civilians and Military

Toet¹,

Bijlsma²,

Brouwer³

2017

Sage Open

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“…Character strengths can be promoted actively or passively. [ 25 ] In this study, we found that AYA cancer patients with self-controlled character strength had less distress. This may be related to a stronger self-awareness and empowerment among patients who were self-controlled.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 63%

“…[ 23 24 ] One study showed that character strengths are stress defense factors that allow for psychological and physiological adaptation to stress by young adults. [ 25 ] These findings have implications for practitioners and researchers in focusing on the influence of AYA character strengths on the treatment of psychological distress. Some studies have shown that the character strengths of Cambodian college students are honesty, kindness, fairness, teamwork, and leadership.…”

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confidence: 99%

Prevalence and Determinants of Psychological Distress in Adolescent and Young Adult Patients with Cancer: A Multicenter Survey

Duan

Wang

Sun

et al. 2021

Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing

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Objective: This study aimed to investigate the current prevalence and determinants of psychological distress and the association of distress with general information, character strengths, medical coping, and social support in Chinese adolescents and young adults (AYAs) aged 15–39 years with cancer. Methods: A multicenter survey was carried out. Eight hundred and nine patients completed the Chinese version of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network distress thermometer (DT), the three-dimensional inventory of character strengths, the medical coping modes questionnaire, and the Social Support Rating Scale. Results: The current prevalence of psychological distress in Chinese AYAs with cancer was 83.4%. Binary logistic regression analysis showed that gender, age, educational level, marriage, monthly income, exercise intensity, cancer classifications, treatments, self-control, confrontation, avoidance, and subjective support were all associated with distress. AYA cancer patients who were female, younger, or divorced or had a lower monthly income, education level, or exercise intensity were more likely to have higher level of distress. Compared to AYAs with other cancer classifications, patients with digestive system malignancies, breast cancers, and head and neck malignancies had a higher prevalence of distress. Patients receiving chemotherapy or radiotherapy were more likely to be distressed. The higher the self-control, confrontation, avoidance, and subjective support scores were, the lower the prevalence of distress was among AYA cancer patients. Conclusions: The prevalence of psychological distress in AYA cancer patients was relatively high. Potential interventions targeting exercise intensity, character strengths, medical coping, and social support may decrease the prevalence of psychological distress in this patient population.

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“…Strategies and interventions that promote character strengths can foster a positive reinterpretation in navigating difficult situations (Harzer & Ruch, 2015;Martínez-Martí & Ruch, 2017;Niemiec, 2020;Park & Peterson, 2008). That is, individuals with a high degree of character strengths perceive less stress and demonstrate positive psychological adaptation to stress (Lee et al, 2019;T. Li et al, 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

The Protective Role of Character Strengths in COVID-19 Stress and Well-Being in Individuals With Chronic Conditions and Disabilities: An Exploratory Study

Umucu

Tansey

Brooks

et al. 2020

Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin

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Individuals with chronic conditions and disabilities, in response to stress associated with COVID-19, may experience a decrease in their overall well-being beyond that experienced by otherwise healthy individuals. Therefore, it is imperative to identify internal resources (e.g., character strengths) that can help them better manage COVID-19-related stress and enhance well-being in spite of COVID-19. This study explored the potential protective role of character strengths and virtues in moderating the negative effects of COVID-19 on stress and well-being. A cross-sectional study design was implemented. Participants included 269 individuals with self-reported chronic conditions and disabilities. After controlling for demographic and clinical characteristics, we examined whether character strengths and virtues acted as independent moderators between COVID-19-related stress and well-being. A higher degree of multiple character strengths significantly and independently moderated the relationship between COVID-19-related stress and well-being. Findings suggested the importance of promoting more character strengths overall in people with chronic conditions and disabilities to help them better manage COVID-19-related stress and enhance well-being.

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Character strengths, social anxiety, and physiological stress reactivity

Cited by 28 publications

References 39 publications

Stress Response and Facial Trustworthiness Judgments in Civilians and Military

Stress Response and Facial Trustworthiness Judgments in Civilians and Military

Prevalence and Determinants of Psychological Distress in Adolescent and Young Adult Patients with Cancer: A Multicenter Survey

The Protective Role of Character Strengths in COVID-19 Stress and Well-Being in Individuals With Chronic Conditions and Disabilities: An Exploratory Study

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