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Revisiting the SECPT-G: A template for the group-administered socially evaluated cold-pressor test to robustly induce stress

The Socially Evaluated Cold-Pressor Test (SECPT (Schwabe et al., 2008) [1]; reliably elicits stress responses. We refined the group-administered version of the SECPT (SECPT-G) aiming to increase its' effectiveness. In Experiment 1 (N = 39), we gathered data from 12 participants simultaneously,...

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Autores principales: Buttlar, Benjamin, Dieterle, Helena, Mandryk, Regan
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9216420/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35755207
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpnec.2022.100115
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description The Socially Evaluated Cold-Pressor Test (SECPT (Schwabe et al., 2008) [1]; reliably elicits stress responses. We refined the group-administered version of the SECPT (SECPT-G) aiming to increase its' effectiveness. In Experiment 1 (N = 39), we gathered data from 12 participants simultaneously, employing a stress confederate for each participant. In Experiment 2 (N = 69), we gathered data from six participants simultaneously, employing either six stress confederates (individual-observation) or a single one (group-observation). In Experiment 1, we found that the SECPT-G elicited cortisol responses compared to a control condition; in Experiment 2, we replicated these findings and observed that cortisol responses were similar in the individual- and the group-observation setting. The findings of Experiment 2 were corroborated by people's subjective stress experience. Importantly, both experiments show a similar magnitude of cortisol response, and a greater responder rate than in the regular SECPT or the regular Trier Social Stress Test (TSST). The presented SECPT-G template may thus serve as a reliable and efficient stress induction tool that allows standardization across research groups.
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spelling pubmed-92164202022-06-24 Revisiting the SECPT-G: A template for the group-administered socially evaluated cold-pressor test to robustly induce stress Buttlar, Benjamin Dieterle, Helena Mandryk, Regan Compr Psychoneuroendocrinol Article The Socially Evaluated Cold-Pressor Test (SECPT (Schwabe et al., 2008) [1]; reliably elicits stress responses. We refined the group-administered version of the SECPT (SECPT-G) aiming to increase its' effectiveness. In Experiment 1 (N = 39), we gathered data from 12 participants simultaneously, employing a stress confederate for each participant. In Experiment 2 (N = 69), we gathered data from six participants simultaneously, employing either six stress confederates (individual-observation) or a single one (group-observation). In Experiment 1, we found that the SECPT-G elicited cortisol responses compared to a control condition; in Experiment 2, we replicated these findings and observed that cortisol responses were similar in the individual- and the group-observation setting. The findings of Experiment 2 were corroborated by people's subjective stress experience. Importantly, both experiments show a similar magnitude of cortisol response, and a greater responder rate than in the regular SECPT or the regular Trier Social Stress Test (TSST). The presented SECPT-G template may thus serve as a reliable and efficient stress induction tool that allows standardization across research groups. Elsevier 2022-01-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9216420/ /pubmed/35755207 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpnec.2022.100115 Text en © 2022 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_short Revisiting the SECPT-G: A template for the group-administered socially evaluated cold-pressor test to robustly induce stress
title_sort revisiting the secpt-g: a template for the group-administered socially evaluated cold-pressor test to robustly induce stress
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9216420/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35755207
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpnec.2022.100115
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