HPA axis response to a psychological stressor in generalised social phobia

Condren, Rita; O’Neill, Audrey Myerson; Ryan, Maura C.; Barrett, Paula M.; Thakore, Jogin H.

doi:10.1016/s0306-4530(01)00070-1

Cited by 137 publications

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“…Okay, keep going'). This method of inducing stress and anxiety has been widely used in previous social psychophysiological studies (for example Condren et al, 2002;Earle et al, 1999;Kirschbaum et al, 1995;Lai and Linden, 1992), and debriefing after the experiment revealed that none of the participants could tell that these interruptions were staged, and all were feeling angry, frustrated, and/or stressed. The physiological data provide further, objective support for effectiveness of the stress intervention: As shown in Figure 1, statistically significant EDA changes occurred from baseline to stress, p < .01.…”

Section: R-pas and Vulnerability To Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) and vulnerability to stress: A preliminary study on electrodermal activity during stress

Giromini

Ando

Morese

et al. 2016

Psychiatry Research

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This study investigated the predictive validity of the ten Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) variables from the Stress and Distress domain, by testing whether they predicted increased sympathetic reactivity to a mild, laboratory-induced stress, occurred one week after Rorschach administration. A relatively small student sample (N = 52) contributed to this research: During a first meeting (T1) participants were administered the Rorschach task according to R-PAS guidelines; about one week later (T2) their electrodermal activity (EDA) was recorded during exposure to a mild laboratory stress-inducing task. Based on literature indicating that exposure to stress tends to increase physiological vulnerability/reactivity to stressful situations, we anticipated that Stress and Distress R-PAS variables measured at T1 would positively correlate with increased sympathetic reactivity to stress at T2, as indicated by greater EDA changes from baseline to stress and recovery. Results partially confirmed our hypotheses: The (a) the mean of and (b) the majority of the Stress and Distress R-PAS variables were significantly correlated, in the expected direction, with medium and medium to large effect sizes.

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Section: R-pas and Vulnerability To Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) and vulnerability to stress: A preliminary study on electrodermal activity during stress

Giromini

Ando

Morese

et al. 2016

Psychiatry Research

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“…This can be studied empirically using standardized social stress protocols measuring neurohormonal changes. The literature to date examining the cortisol stress response (CSR) following a social challenge in SAD has reported mixed results (Beaton et al, 2006;Condren et al, 2002;Furlan et al, 2001;Levin, 1993;Martel et al, 1999;Roelofs et al, 2009;Shirotsuki et al, 2009;van West et al, 2008;Yoon, 2012). One possible explanation for this inconsistency is that moderating factors such as childhood trauma (CT) have a greater influence on social stress responses and/or overall cortisol secretion than does the condition, itself.…”

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confidence: 99%

The cortisol response to social stress in social anxiety disorder

Vaccarino

Levitan

Ravindran

2015

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

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“…In the present study we aim to gain more insight in the temporal dynamics of biased processing of social threat in SAD, by investigating event-related potentials (ERPs) during masked and unmasked versions of a pictorial emotional Stroop task. In addition, recent neurobiological accounts propose that increased social fear and avoidance as found in SAD may be related to high levels of the stress hormone cortisol (e.g., Condren et al, 2002;Hermans and van Honk, 2006;Roelofs et al, 2009). However, causal effects of cortisol on threat processing remain unclear.…”

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confidence: 99%