Computing Components of Everyday Stress Responses: Exploring Conceptual Challenges and New Opportunities.

ABSTRACT: Repeated assessments in everyday life enables collecting ecologically valid data on dynamic, within-persons processes. These methods have widespread utility and application and have been extensively used for the study of stressors and stress responses. Enhanced conceptual sophistication of characterizing intraindividual stress responses in everyday life would help advance the field. This article provides a pragmatic overview of approaches, opportunities, and challenges when intensive ambulatory methods are applied to study everyday stress responses in "real time." We distinguish between three stress-response components (i.e., reactivity, recovery, and pileup) and focus on several fundamental questions: (a) What is the appropriate stress-free resting state (or "baseline") for an individual

SUBMITTER: Smyth JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9851922 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature