Relationship between resilience and stress: Perceived stress, stressful life events, HPA axis response during a stressful task and hair cortisol
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Background There is no consensus about how resilience is related to the different types of stress such as daily or chronic stress and psychopathology. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the relationship between resilience and the different measures of stress such as perceived stress, chronic stress, life events, HPA axis response during a stressful task and psychopathology.Material and methods The design was cross-sectional. Resilience, perceived stress, stressful life events, hair cortisol and HPA axis response during Trier Social Stress Test measured by salivary cortisol samples and psychopathological symptoms were assessed in a sample of 80 University students.Results Participants with low resilience showed higher scores in perceived stress level (p < .001), the number of current life events (p < .02), the intensity of stressful events (p < .025) as well as Obsession and Compulsion (p = .006), Interpersonal Sensitivity (p = .028), Phobic Anxiety (p = .044) and psychopathological severity (p = .033). Resilience was associated with chronic stress by perceived stress (p < .001), hair cortisol concentration (p = .022), obsessions and compulsions (p = .016), interpersonal sensitivity (p = .022), and depression symptoms (p = .039).Conclusion Resilience seems to be determinant in perceived stress, the number of current life events, the intensity of stressful events, chronic stress, obsession and compulsions, interpersonal sensitivity, phobic anxiety and depression symptoms, and psychopathological severity index.
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- Authors
- García-León, M. Á., Pérez-Mármol, J. M., Gonzalez-Pérez, R., García-Ríos, M. D. C., & Peralta-Ramírez, M. I.
- Venue
- Physiology & Behavior
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2019-04
- Volume
- 202
- Pages
- 87-93
- ISSN
- 0031-9384 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2914354747
- Cited by
- 197
- References
- 33
- Citations by year
- 2026: 23 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 38 · 2023: 33 · 2022: 30 · 2021: 31 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 7
- FWCI
- 23.09
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Physiology & Behavior (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Resilience and Mental Health
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
- Keywords
- resilience, perceived stress, life events, hair cortisol, salivary cortisol, Trier Social Stress Test, chronic stress, psychopathology, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, phobic anxiety, depressive symptoms, interpersonal sensitivity, university students
- MeSH terms
- Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Hair, Humans, Hydrocortisone, Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System, Male, Pituitary-Adrenal System, Surveys and Questionnaires, Saliva, Stress, Psychological, User-Computer Interface, Biomarkers, Resilience, Psychological, Young Adult
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