Acute Stressors and Cortisol Responses: A Theoretical Integration and Synthesis of Laboratory Research

Autor/inn/en	Dickerson, Sally S.; Kemeny, Margaret E.
Titel	Acute Stressors and Cortisol Responses: A Theoretical Integration and Synthesis of Laboratory Research
Quelle	In: Psychological Bulletin, 130 (2004) 3, S.355-391 (36 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0033-2909
Schlagwörter	Psychology; Laboratories; Stress Variables; Research Methodology; Meta Analysis; Psychophysiology; Responses; Animals + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychologie; Laboratory; Laboratorium; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Meta-analysis; Metaanalyse; Psychophysiologie; Animal; Tier; Tiere
Abstract	This meta-analysis reviews 208 laboratory studies of acute psychological stressors and tests a theoretical model delineating conditions capable of eliciting cortisol responses. Psychological stressors increased cortisol levels; however, effects varied widely across tasks. Consistent with the theoretical model, motivated performance tasks elicited cortisol responses if they were uncontrollable or characterized by social-evaluative threat (task performance could be negatively judged by others), when methodological factors and other stressor characteristics were controlled for. Tasks containing both uncontrollable and social-evaluative elements were associated with the largest cortisol and adrenocorticotropin hormone changes and the longest times to recovery. These findings are consistent with the animal literature on the physiological effects of uncontrollable social threat and contradict the belief that cortisol is responsive to all types of stressors. (Author).
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