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Psychological determinants of the cortisol stress response: the role of anticipatory cognitive appraisal

Gaab, J., Rohleder, N., Nater, U.M., Ehlert, U.·2005·Psychoneuroendocrinology
DOI 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2005.02.001
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Abstract

Psychosocial stress is a potent activator of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. While the physiological mechanisms of HPA axis responses to stress as well as its short and long-term consequences have been extensively examined, less is known why someone elicits an acute neuroendocrine stress response, i.e. what are the psychological processes involved and how are they related to the acute neuroendocrine stress response. To examine this question, a questionnaire to assess anticipatory cognitive appraisal processes was developed and administered to 81 male healthy subjects in a standardized psychosocial stress situation (Trier social stress test). Cortisol stress responses were assessed with repeated measurement of salivary free cortisol. Hierarchical regression analyses show that anticipatory cognitive appraisal, in contrast to general personality factors and retrospective stress appraisal is an important determinant of the cortisol stress response, explaining up to 35% of the variance of the salivary cortisol response. The reported results emphasize the importance of psychological stress processing for the understanding of psychobiological stress responses. Since stress and its biological consequences have been shown to be associated with the onset and the maintenance of somatic illnesses and psychiatric disorders, psychological processes are prime targets for prevention and intervention.

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  1. Hammerfald, 2004, Persistent effects of cognitive behavioral stress management training on psychobiological stress responses: results of a randomized controlled 3-month follow-up, Psychosom. Med., 66, 1232

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Authors
Gaab, J., Rohleder, N., Nater, U. M., & Ehlert, U.
Affiliations
  • University of Zurich (CH)
  • Technische Universität Dresden (DE)
Corresponding author
Gaab, J.
ORCID
Venue
Psychoneuroendocrinology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2005-07
Volume
30
Issue
6
Pages
599-610
ISSN
0306-4530 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.psyneuen.2005.02.001
OpenAlex
W2127489014
Semantic Scholar
a4c567417bbe11d8a1eae0382df723e6326e0329
Cited by
525
References
43
Citations by year
2026: 31 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 25 · 2022: 29 · 2021: 40 · 2020: 35 · 2019: 28 · 2018: 27 · 2017: 23 · 2016: 24 · 2015: 24 · 2014: 27 · 2013: 29 · 2012: 26
FWCI
7.68
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
Locations
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Foundation for Research in Science and the Humanities
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Adrenal Hormones and Disorders
Keywords
cortisol stress response, psychosocial stress, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, salivary cortisol, Trier Social Stress Test, stress appraisal, personality factors, neuroendocrine stress response
MeSH terms
Adult, Cognition, Humans, Hydrocortisone, Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System, Male, Neurosecretory Systems, Personality, Pituitary-Adrenal System, Regression Analysis, Saliva, Stress, Psychological, Comprehension

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