Upright posture influences salivary cortisol

Hennig, Juergen; Friebe, J.; Ryl, I.; Kramer, Brandon L.; Böttcher, J.; Netter, Petra

doi:10.1016/s0306-4530(99)00037-2

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“…If the supine posture simply reduced all kinds of arousal, then it should reduce the startle response which is a defensive response associated with aversive arousal. Third, in other research, the supine body posture did not differ from a sitting upright posture in terms of its effects on salivary cortisol and heart rate, although standing caused greater cortisol and heart rate (Hennig et al, 2000). The same research found that "posture did not affect well being dramatically" (p. 77).…”

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confidence: 84%

Supine body posture decreases rationalizations: Testing the action-based model of dissonance

Harmon‐Jones

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Harmon‐Jones

2015

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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Section: Considering Alternative Explanationsmentioning

confidence: 84%

Supine body posture decreases rationalizations: Testing the action-based model of dissonance

Harmon‐Jones

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Harmon‐Jones

2015

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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“…Thus, previous studies indicate the cold pressor has the attributes of a psychological stressor (eg aversiveness and productive of anticipatory responses), and that these tend to increase HPA activity (al'Absi and Petersen, 2003;Bullinger et al, 1984;Ehrenreich et al, 1997;Gregg et al, 1999), whereas its systemic effects (eg cold, hypertension) tend to decrease activity (Edelson and Robertson, 1986;Kendler et al, 1978;Wittert et al, 1992). Group responses to a systemic stimulus (Hennig et al, 2000;Jacob et al, 1998), which produced an equivalent HPA and perhaps greater AVP response (compare Figure 2 and Supplementary Figure 2), were similar. We must acknowledge, however, that although the effects of the systemic stimulus in normals is attributable to its systemic actions, we cannot exclude the possibility that psychological factors contribute to its actions in persons with schizophrenia.…”

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“…Equally important is that data suggest that the systemic actions of the cold pressor (ie cold, elevated blood pressure) have no effect or may actually blunt HPA secretion (Edelson and Robertson, 1986;Kendler et al, 1978;Wittert et al, 1992). For the systemic stimulus, we chose becoming upright after a period of recumbency (postural stimulus) because it lacks these attributes of a psychological stimulus (Hennig et al, 2000), and the neuroendocrine response is accounted for by its systemic effects (Hennig et al, 2000;Jacob et al, 1998).…”

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Neuroendocrine Responses to a Cold Pressor Stimulus in Polydipsic Hyponatremic and in Matched Schizophrenic Patients

Goldman

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Hussain

2006

Neuropsychopharmacol

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Schizophrenia, many believe, reflects an enhanced vulnerability to psychological stress. Controlled exposure to stressors, however, has produced inconclusive results, particularly with regards to neurohormones. Some of the variability may be attributable to the nature and psychological significance of the stimulus and failure to control physiologic confounds. In addition, it is possible that the heterogeneity of schizophrenia is an important factor. In a carefully designed study and in a controlled setting, we measured the neuroendocrine response of eight polydipsic hyponatremic (PHS), seven polydipsic normonatremic (PNS), and nine nonpolydipsic normonatremic (NNS) (ie normal water balance) schizophrenic in-patients as well as 12 healthy controls (HC) to two different stressors: one of which appears to influence neuroendocrine secretion through its psychological (cold pressor) and the other (upright posture) through its systemic actions. Subjects in the three psychiatric groups were stabilized and acclimated to the research setting, and all received saline to normalize plasma osmolality. Following the cold pressor, plasma adrenocorticotropin and cortisol levels showed a more prolonged rise in PHS patients relative to PNS patients. NNS patients, in contrast, exhibited blunted responses relative to both of the polydipsic groups and the HC. Peak vasopressin responses were also greater in PHS and blunted in NNS patients. Responses to the postural stimulus were similar across patient groups. These findings provide a mechanism for life threatening water intoxication in schizophrenia; help to reconcile conflicting findings of stress responsiveness in schizophrenia; and potentially identify a discrete patient subset with enhanced vulnerability to psychological stress.

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“…The participants in the audience and no-audience conditions stood during their speeches, whereas the participants in the rest condition remained sitting. Hennig et al (2000) reported that an exposure to the standing position for 20 minutes resulted in a significant increase in cortisol concentrations compared to sitting or supine positions, but did not affect emotional states. In the present study, the time standing was much shorter (5 minutes), and actually no cortisol increases were observed.…”

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Psychological and Salivary Cortisol Responses to an Improvised Speech Without an Audience: Comparison to a Rest Condition

Oda

Kikuchi

2013

PSYCHOLOGIA -An International Journal of Psychological Sciences

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Although it has been reported that making a speech without an audience does not cause a significant cortisol response, there is no study that compares no-audience speech to a rest condition. We randomly assigned Japanese female participants (n = 81) to three conditions: (a) making an improvised speech in front of an audience (audience condition); (b) making such a speech without an audience (no-audience condition); (c) merely listening to such a speech (rest condition). The no-audience condition elicited stronger negative psychological responses to the speech than the rest condition, but these response changes were smaller than those of the audience group. Salivary cortisol levels in the audience condition increased, but that of the no-audience condition decreased to levels not significantly different from that of the rest condition. These results showed that making an improvised speech without an audience causes psychological stress to some extent, but the response of cortisol is similar to the rest condition.

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Upright posture influences salivary cortisol

Cited by 31 publications

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Supine body posture decreases rationalizations: Testing the action-based model of dissonance

Supine body posture decreases rationalizations: Testing the action-based model of dissonance

Neuroendocrine Responses to a Cold Pressor Stimulus in Polydipsic Hyponatremic and in Matched Schizophrenic Patients

Psychological and Salivary Cortisol Responses to an Improvised Speech Without an Audience: Comparison to a Rest Condition

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