Neuroendocrine responses to a psychosocial stress test for larger groups of participants: comparison of two test exposures

Abstract

Objective. Individual stress tests characterized by social evaluative threat and uncontrollability are known to elicit strong neuroendocrine responses. We tested whether a psychosocial stressor submitted to a larger group of participants (up to 60) may elicit comparable stress responses.

Keywords

• stress protocol
• groups
• hpa axis
• sympathetic nervous system