Challenge versus threat: how cognitive appraisals of stress modulate its effect on social behavior
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- healthy participants
- Registration Number
- DRKS00027518
- Lead Sponsor
- Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 140
Inclusion Criteria
Heterosexual healthy men and women. Women have to be on their luteal phase while taking part in the experiment; no oral contraception
Exclusion Criteria
Pregnany; breastfeeding; oral contraception; intake of drugs with effects on the cardiovascular system; study of psychology; prior TSST experience; shift work; psychotherapeutical treatment; psychic symptomatology (BSI > 13); excessive alcohol intake; nicotine addiction; regular intake of drugs like cannabis; 17 < BMI >30
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Prosociality index generated by adding the number of prosocial choices in the trust, trustworthiness, and sharing game.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The number of rejections in the Punishment Game to control for effects of the experimental conditions on punishment; The number of risky decisions in a non-social risk game to control for effects of the experimental conditions on non-social risk-taking.<br>Performance during the TSST assessed by a composite score of a general performance rating (0-100) by the passive judge, by the participant, and by an additional video-rater. <br>Furthermore questionnaire data will be collected (e.g. on stress appraisals, empathy, etc.). <br>Heart rate, cortisol levels, and subjective ratings are assessed for a stress induction manipulation check. <br>A difference score of stress appraisals will be assessed for a manipulation check regarding the reappraisal of stress as adaptive.