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

Boesch, Maria; Sefidan, Sandra; Ehlert, Ulrike; Annen, Hubert; Wyss, Thomas; Steptoe, Andrew; La Marca, Roberto (2014). Mood and autonomic responses to repeated exposure to the Trier Social Stress Test for Groups (TSST-G) Psychoneuroendocrinology, 43, pp. 41-51. Elsevier 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.02.003

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Introduction: A group version of the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST-G) was introduced as astandardized, economic and efficient tool to induce a psychobiological stress response simulta-neously in a group of subjects. The aim of the present study was to examine the efficacy of theTSST-G to repeatedly induce an affective and autonomic stress response while comparing twoalternative protocols for the second examination.Methods and materials: Healthy young male recruits participated twice in the TSST-G 10 weeksapart. In the first examination, the TSST-G consisted of a combination of mental arithmetic and afake job interview (TSST-G-1st; n = 294). For the second examination, mental arithmetic wascombined with either (a) a defensive speech in response to a false shoplifting accusation (TSST-G-2nd-defence; n = 105), or (b) a speech on a more neutral topic selected by the investigators (TSST-G-2nd-presentation; n = 100). Affect ratings and salivary alpha-amylase (sAA) were determinedimmediately before and after the stress test, while heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability(HRV) were measured continuously.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	Swiss Federal Institute of Sports Magglingen SFISM > EHSM - Lehre und Sportpädagogik > Monitoring
Name:	Boesch, Maria; Sefidan, Sandra; Ehlert, Ulrike; Annen, Hubert; Wyss, Thomas; Steptoe, Andrew and La Marca, Roberto
ISSN:	0306-4530 (Print) 1873-3360 (Online)
Publisher:	Elsevier
Language:	English
Submitter:	Service Account
Date Deposited:	09 Dec 2020 15:52
Last Modified:	02 Oct 2021 02:18
Publisher DOI:	10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.02.003
PubMed ID:	24703169
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Trier Social Stress Test for Groups Repeated stressprovocation Autonomic nervoussystem Salivary alpha-amylase Heart rate Heart rate variability
ARBOR DOI:	10.24451/arbor.11037
URI:	https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/11037