Key result
In 198 adolescents, self-reported social anxiety, low heart rate variability, and high skin conductance level recovery values were predictive of cortisol response to a public speaking task.
Why the study?
Joint autonomic and endocrine functioning is hypothesized to provide information about the potential development of internalizing symptoms throughout adolescence, notably in the preclinical stage.
Do autonomic parameters (heart rate variability and skin conductance levels) during a public speaking task predict endocrine (cortisol) response in adolescents?
Observational (n=198)
Do autonomic parameters (heart rate variability and skin conductance levels) during a public speaking task predict endocrine (cortisol) response in adolescents?
Autonomic reactivity (HRV and SCL) during stress is predictive of endocrine (cortisol) response in adolescents, highlighting adolescence as a key period for interactive emotional-neurobiological development.
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May flag stress-vulnerable adolescents via autonomic markers; hypothesis-generating and requires longitudinal validation before any clinical use.
Stam et al. (2023) conducted an observational in Anxiety (n=198). Public speaking task was evaluated on Cortisol response to the task. In 198 adolescents, self-reported social anxiety, low heart rate variability, and high skin conductance level recovery values were predictive of cortisol response to a public speaking task.
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