Trier social stress test and food-choice: Behavioral, self-report & hormonal data.

ABSTRACT: A sample of 144 participants underwent the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST), a psychosocial stress manipulation involving a mock interview and a mental arithmetic task, or a matched control procedure. Physiological stress was estimated via a collection of 7 saliva samples over the course of the experiment analysed for cortisol and alpha-amylase, as well as via the mean heart-rate measured before and during the experimental manipulation. Subjective stress was assessed via the Positive and Negative Affect Scale as well as four Visual Analogue Scales at 6 points over the time course of the experiment. Participants solved an incentive-compatible food-choice task before, immediately after and in the aftermath of the experimental manipulation. In each trial of the food-choice task, participants h

SUBMITTER: Nitsch FJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8255170 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature