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The biopsychosocial model of stress in adolescence: self-awareness of performance versus stress reactivity

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Rith-Najarian, Leslie R., McLaughlin, Katie A., Sheridan, Margaret A., Nock, Matthew K.·2014·Stress

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Extensive research among adults supports the biopsychosocial (BPS) model of challenge and threat, which describes relationships among stress appraisals, physiological stress reactivity, and performance; however, no previous studies have examined these relationships in adolescents. Perceptions of stressors as well as physiological reactivity to stress increase during adolescence, highlighting the importance of understanding the relationships among stress appraisals, physiological reactivity, and performance during this developmental period. In this study, 79 adolescent participants reported on stress appraisals before and after a Trier Social Stress Test in which they performed a speech task. Physiological stress reactivity was defined by changes in cardiac output and total peripheral resistance from a baseline rest period to the speech task, and performance on the speech was coded using an objective rating system. We observed in adolescents only two relationships found in past adult research on the BPS model variables: (1) pre-task stress appraisal predicted post-task stress appraisal and (2) performance predicted post-task stress appraisal. Physiological reactivity during the speech was unrelated to pre- and post-task stress appraisals and to performance. We conclude that the lack of association between post-task stress appraisal and physiological stress reactivity suggests that adolescents might have low self-awareness of physiological emotional arousal. Our findings further suggest that adolescent stress appraisals are based largely on their performance during stressful situations. Developmental implications of this potential lack of awareness of one's physiological and emotional state during adolescence are discussed.

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Authors
Rith-Najarian, L. R., McLaughlin, K. A., Sheridan, M. A., & Nock, M. K.
Affiliations
  • Boston Children's Hospital (US)
  • Harvard University (US)
Venue
Stress
Published
2014-02-19
Volume
17
Issue
2
Pages
193-203
ISSN
  • 1025-3890 (ISSN-L)
  • 1607-8888
OpenAlex
W2081653520
Cited by
59
References
72
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.31
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Stress (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (K01MH092526)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Sport Psychology and Performance
Keywords
biopsychosocial model, stress appraisal, stress reactivity, adolescents, physiological stress reactivity, cardiac output, systemic vascular resistance, speech performance, challenge and threat
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Psychology, Adolescent, Age Factors, Boston, Cardiac Output, Ethnicity, Female, Forecasting, Humans, Male, Models, Psychological, Psychomotor Performance, Self-Assessment, Self Concept, Sex Factors, Speech, Stress, Psychological, Vascular Resistance, Reproducibility of Results, Observer Variation, Performance Anxiety

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