The Effects of Visual Displays in Attenuating Discrepancies Between 					Self-Reported and Physiological Indexes of Stress

Liu, Jenny J. W.; Gervasio, Julia; Fung, Kenneth; Vickers, Kristin S.

doi:10.1027/1015-5759/a000587

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“…They were therefore aware of how their blood pressure and heart rate changed over the course of the first study visit prior to their second visit. Awareness of physiological responses to a stressor may increase physiological reactivity to the task (e.g., Liu et al, 2020), potentially contributing to an additional unmodeled source of variability in the test–retest calculations.…”

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An online Trier social stress paradigm to evoke affective and cardiovascular responses

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In response to the COVID‐19 pandemic, prior studies have modified the Trier Social Stress Test to be conducted remotely. The current study aimed to extend these studies to test whether a remote Trier Social Stress Test (rTSST) can elicit (a) affective, (b) blood pressure, and (c) heart rate responses relative to a control condition and whether these responses were reliable when assessed 1 week later. Participants (N = 99, 19.7 ± 3.5 years, 55% female) were randomized to a control or stress condition. Participants received blood pressure monitors in person. Controls completed easier versions of the tasks with a single, friendly researcher. Stress participants performed more difficult versions of the task in front of two judges who participants believed were rating their performance. Blood pressure and heart rate were measured every 2 min throughout, while affect was assessed at baseline, after the final task, and following recovery. The rTSST was feasible to administer with minimal technical issues reported. Participants reported lower positive affect and higher negative affect during the tasks in the stress condition relative to controls. Similarly, stress participants had higher cardiovascular responses during the tasks relative to controls, except that blood pressure was not elevated during mental arithmetic in stress participants relative to controls. Cardiovascular responses demonstrated good test–retest reliability when assessed 1 week later, especially when computed using area under the curve methods. Overall, a rTSST can be used to elicit affective and cardiovascular reactivity and provides an opportunity to increase the accessibility of research participation among diverse populations.

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“…Finding only few relationships between subjective and physiological indicators is perhaps not a surprise, as, for example, Liu et al. (2021) concluded on the basis of their study that self‐reported stress and physiological indexes of arousal are relatively distinct components of the individual stress experience (see also Brown et al., 2020).…”

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“…This latter relationship may relate to the fact that they both were measured at the same time in the afternoon, giving support to the view that stress can temporarily increase blood pressure. Finding only few relationships between subjective and physiological indicators is perhaps not a surprise, as, for example, Liu et al (2021) concluded on the basis of their study that self-reported stress and physiological indexes of arousal are relatively distinct components of the individual stress experience (see also Brown et al, 2020).…”

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Daily sleep in relation to subjective and physiological stress in an occupational context: Daily vigour as a mediator

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Studies on the stress-sleep relationship consistently demonstrate negative effects of stress on sleep. The reversed relation, however, has received less research attention. Also, field studies on physiological stress are scarce. The aim of this daylevel diary study was to examine daily relationships between sleep quality and quantity, and subjective and physiological stress in an occupational context. Moreover, we examined daily vigour as an underlying mechanism of the sleep-stress relationship. Participants were 167 knowledge workers who filled in daily questionnaires measuring sleep quality and quantity, morning vigour and subjective afternoon stress on Tuesdays and Thursdays for 5 weeks. Physiological stress was assessed with cortisol decline from morning peak to evening, and with blood pressure in the afternoon. Multilevel path analysis results showed that better sleep quality and longer sleep hours predicted increased vigour the following morning, which in turn predicted lower subjective stress in the afternoon. Sleep quality and quantity were not related to physiological stress neither directly nor indirectly via morning vigour. On the basis of our results, sleep should be considered as a factor affecting vigour which in turn seems to lower stress.

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“…A visual analogue scale is a fast and efficient way to assess the subjective stress level ( Ali et al., 2020 ; Fujiwara & Okamura, 2018 ; J. J. Liu et al., 2020 ; Nakamura et al., 2020) .…”

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Stressful Life Events Are Related to More Negative Interpretations, but Not Under Acute Stress

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2021

Psychol Rep

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Studies have identified deleterious effects of stress on multiple cognitive processes such as memory and attention. Little is known about the impact of stress on interpretation. We investigated how an induced acute stress and more long-term stress related to life events were associated with interpretations of ambiguous stimuli. Fifty participants answered a questionnaire indexing the number of stressful life events. A median split was used to compare those reporting few or more events. Half of participants performed an arithmetic task that induced acute stress; they were compared to a control group performing a less stressful task. We measured the interpretation of ambiguous visual stimuli, which participants had to judge as “negative” or “positive”. We found a significant interaction between the number of stressful life events and the induced acute stress on the proportion of positive interpretations. In the control group, participants reporting more stressful events produced less positive interpretations than those reporting few events. In the induced stress condition, no significant difference was found. Life events tend to influence interpretation in the absence of an acute stressor, which seems to be more influent in the short term.

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The Effects of Visual Displays in Attenuating Discrepancies Between Self-Reported and Physiological Indexes of Stress

Cited by 3 publications

References 14 publications

An online Trier social stress paradigm to evoke affective and cardiovascular responses

An online Trier social stress paradigm to evoke affective and cardiovascular responses

Daily sleep in relation to subjective and physiological stress in an occupational context: Daily vigour as a mediator

Stressful Life Events Are Related to More Negative Interpretations, but Not Under Acute Stress

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