Temperament and personality: preliminary evidence of possible relationships with multifactorial stress reactivity in healthy adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

It is hypothesized that personality and temperament influence the stress response. However, no study has thoroughly investigated the impact of these factors during adolescence, a critical stage of development and consolidation. In this study, we aimed to explore this relationship, both for personality and temperament aspects, in a sample of adolescents. Therefore, an experimental stress induction, combined with multifactorial stress assessment, incorporating both biological and subjective measures, was conducted.

Method

An acute psychosocial stress reaction was induced in 73 healthy adolescents (11-17 years of age, 63.0% female). Features of the stress response were recorded, including salivary cortisol, salivary alpha-amylase, heart rate, heart rate variability, a

SUBMITTER: Ecker A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12323739 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature