Key result
A naturally occurring public speaking stressor elicited elevated systolic blood pressure and heart rate in anxious adolescents, and elevated diastolic blood pressure in angry adolescents.
Why the study?
Do behavioral and psychophysiological characteristics predict cardiovascular responses to a naturally occurring stressor in adolescents?
Population
23 adolescents
Comparison
Naturally occurring stressor and three… vs Next English class (baseline)
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Suggests emotion-specific adolescent stress reactivity; hypothesis-generating and should not yet inform practice or guide interventions.
Observational (n=23)
Do behavioral and psychophysiological characteristics predict cardiovascular responses to a naturally occurring stressor in adolescents?
Behavioral traits such as anxiety and anger, along with physiological reactivity to laboratory tasks, predict cardiovascular responses to natural stressors in adolescents.
Matthews et al. (1986) reported an observational. Naturally occurring stressor (public speaking) vs. Next English class was evaluated on Blood pressure and heart rate responses. A naturally occurring public speaking stressor elicited elevated systolic blood pressure and heart rate in anxious adolescents, and elevated diastolic blood pressure in angry adolescents.
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