Effects of panel sex composition on the physiological stress responses to psychosocial stress in healthy young men and women
Abstract
Men and women differ in regard to psychosocial stress responses. Biological and contextual factors are known to mediate these differences; however, few studies investigated their interaction. In the present study, we examined contributions of both contextual and biological factors to the stress response of young healthy adults. Men and women were exposed to a modified version of Trier Social Stress Test. The participants gave a speech in front of a panel of judges, composed of either male or female panelists. Both men, and women presented a cortisol increase only when exposed to opposite sex panelists. Interestingly, this effect was only observed in women in their follicular phase. This finding showed that the induction of a psychosocial stress response does not strictly rely on direct social evaluation, but also depends on the sex composition of the panel. Implications for future studies are discussed.
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Approximately half of the studies evaluating HPA reactivity in the follicular vs. luteal phase determined menstrual cycle phase by self-report.
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- Authors
- Duchesne, A., Tessera, E., Dedovic, K., Engert, V., & Pruessner, J. C.
- Affiliations
- Douglas Mental Health University Institute (CA)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Max Planck Society (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Duchesne, A.
- Venue
- Biological Psychology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2012-01
- Volume
- 89
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 99-106
- ISSN
- 0301-0511 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2080802075
- Cited by
- 56
- References
- 69
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 1.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Biological Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Max Planck Digital Library (submittedVersion)
- MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (67071)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Keywords
- sex differences, psychosocial stress, cortisol, Trier Social Stress Test, social evaluation, menstrual cycle, follicular phase, young adults, stress response
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Analysis of Variance, Blood Pressure, Cognition Disorders, Female, Heart Rate, Humans, Hydrocortisone, Judgment, Male, Neuropsychological Tests, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Psychological Tests, Surveys and Questionnaires, Saliva, Sex Characteristics, Stress, Physiological, Stress, Psychological, Time Factors, Young Adult
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