Key result
Mental arithmetic and public-speaking tasks elicited consistent cardiovascular and endocrine responses across tasks in healthy older women (rs = 0.50 to 0.97).
Why the study?
Are cardiovascular and endocrine responses to different stress tasks consistent in healthy older women?
Observational (n=64)
Are cardiovascular and endocrine responses to different stress tasks consistent in healthy older women?
Effect estimate: rs = 0.50 to 0.97
Cardiovascular and endocrine responses to different psychological stressors show high intra-individual consistency in healthy older women.
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Stress reactivity measures in older women may need age-specific norms; leaves open generalizability to men or clinical populations.
Hawkley et al. (2001) conducted an observational in Healthy (n=64). Mental arithmetic and public-speaking tasks was evaluated on Intertask consistency of cardiovascular and endocrine measures (rs = 0.50 to 0.97). Mental arithmetic and public-speaking tasks elicited consistent cardiovascular and endocrine responses across tasks in healthy older women (rs = 0.50 to 0.97).
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