Acute social and physical stress interact to influence social behavior: The role of social anxiety.

ABSTRACT: Stress is proven to have detrimental effects on physical and mental health. Due to different tasks and study designs, the direct consequences of acute stress have been found to be wide-reaching: while some studies report prosocial effects, others report increases in antisocial behavior, still others report no effect. To control for specific effects of different stressors and to consider the role of social anxiety in stress-related social behavior, we investigated the effects of social versus physical stress on behavior in male participants possessing different levels of social anxiety. In a randomized, controlled two by two design we investigated the impact of social and physical stress on behavior in healthy young men. We found significant influences on various subjective increases in str

SUBMITTER: von Dawans B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6201881 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature