Boyle, NB, Lawton, C, Arkbage, K et al. (2 more authors) (2013) Dreading the boards: stress response to a competitive audition characterized by social-evaluative threat. Anxiety, Stress & Coping: An International Journal, 26 (6). 690 - 699. ISSN 1061-5806
Abstract
The capacity of psychosocial stressors to provoke the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis has been demonstrated to vary depending upon a number of psychological factors. Laboratory stressors characterized by social-evaluative threat are proposed to be the most efficacious in the elicitation of a cortisol stress response. Salivary cortisol, cardiovascular, and subjective responses of 16 healthy adults facing a naturalistic stressor characterized by social-evaluative threat (competitive performance auditions) were examined. Audition exposure was sufficient to provoke significant cortisol, arterial blood pressure (systolic and diastolic), and subjective stress responses. Cortisol response reactivity (area under the curve with respect to increase [AUCi]) also correlated with participants' subjective rating of social-evaluative threat. The competitive performance audition context is therefore considered a promising context in which to further explore cortisol responsivity to social-evaluative threat.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | Achievement; Adult; Anxiety; Arousal; Blood Pressure; Competitive Behavior; Drama; Fear; Female; Humans; Hydrocortisone; Judgment; Male; Music; Saliva; Self Concept; Social Desirability; Statistics as Topic; Stress, Psychological; cortisol; performance stress; real-world stress; social-evaluative threat; TSST; naturalistic stress |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Psychology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 23 Apr 2015 13:04 |
Last Modified: | 31 Jul 2015 06:08 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2013.766327 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/10615806.2013.766327 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:84176 |