The Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) is a peer reviewed, PubMed-indexed video journal. Our mission is to increase the productivity of scientific research.
This article is a part of JoVE Clinical and Translational Medicine. If you think this article would be useful for your research, please recommend JoVE to your institution's librarian.
You do not have access to any JoVE content through your current IP address.
IP: 23.22.76.170, User IP: 23.22.76.170, User IP Hex: 387337386
Current Access Through Your Registered Email Address
You aren't signed into JoVE. If your institution subscribes to JoVE, please sign in or create an account with your institutional email address to access this content.
The JoVE video player is compatible with HTML5 and Adobe Flash. Older browsers that do not support HTML5 and the H.264 video codec will still use a Flash-based video player. We recommend downloading the newest version of Flash here, but we support all versions 10 and above.
Unable to load video. Please check your Internet connection and reload this page. If the problem continues, please let us know and we'll try to help.
An unexpected error occurred. Please check your Internet connection and reload this page. If the problem continues, please let us know and we'll try to help.
Kudielka, B.M., Hellhammer, D.H., & Kirschbaum, C. Ten years of research with the Trier Social Stress Test - Revisited. Social Neuroscience: Integrating Biological and Psychological Explanations. Harmon-Jones, E., Winkielman, P., Eds. Guilford Press, New York (2007).
Dickerson, S.S. & Kemeny, M.E. Acute stressors and cortisol responses: A theoretical integration and synthesis of laboratory research. Psychol. Bull.130, 355-291 (2004).
Kirschbaum, C., Pirke, K., & Hellhammer, D.H. The "Trier social stress test" - a tool for investigating psychobiological stress response in a laboratory setting. Neuropsychobiology.28, 76-81 (1993).
Gruenewald, T.L., Kemeny, M.E., Aziz, N., & Fahey, J.L. Acute threat to the social self: shame, social self-esteem, and cortisol activity. Psychosom. Med.66, 915-924 (2004).
Mendes, W.B. Assessing autonomic nervous system activity. Methods in Social Neuroscience. Harmon-Jones, E., Beer, J.S. Eds. Guilford Press, New York, 118-147 (2009).
von Dawans, B., Kirschbaum, C., & Heinrichs, M. The Trier Social Stress Test for groups (TSST-G): A new research tool for controlled simultaneous social stress exposure in a group format. Psychoneuroendocrinology.36, 514-522 (2011).
Pace, T.W.W., Negi, L.T., Adame, D.D., Cole, S.P., Sivilli, T.I., Brown, T.D., Issa, M.J., & Raison, C.L. Effect of compassion meditation on neuroendocrine, innate immune and behavioral responses to psychosocial stress. Psychoneuroendocrinology.34, 87-98 (2010).
Kirschbaum, C., Würst, S., & Hellhammer, D. Consistent sex differences in cortisol responses to psychological stress. Psychosom. Med.54, 648-657 (1992).
Therrien, F., Drapeau, V., Lalonde, J., Lupien, S.J., Beaulieu, S., Dore, J., Tremblay, A., & Richard, D. Cortisol response to the Trier Social Stress Test in obese and reduced obese individuals. Biol. Psychol.84, 325-329 (2010).
Wüst, S., Entringer, S., Federenko, I.S., Schlotz, W., & Hellhammer, D.H. Birth weight is associated with salivary cortisol responses to psychosocial stress in adult life. Psychoneuroendocrinology.30, 591-598 (2005).
Simeon, D., Yehuda, R., Cunill, R., Knutelska, M., Putnam, F.W., & Smith, L.M. Factors associated with resilience in healthy adults. Psychoneuroendocrinology.32, 1149-1152 (2007).
Quirin, M., Pruessner, J.C., & Kuhl, J. HPA system regulation and adult attachment anxiety: Individual differences in reactive and awakening cortisol. Psychoneuroendocrinology.33, 581-590 (2009).
Pierrehumbert, B., Torrisi, R., Glatz, N., Dimitrova, N., Heinrichs, M., & Halfon, O. The influence of attachment on perceived stress and cortisol response to acute stress in women sexually abused in childhood or adolescence. Psychoneuroendocrinology.34, 924-938 (2009).
Fiocco, A.J., Joober, R., & Lupien, S.J. Education modulates cortisol reactivity to the Trier Social Stress Test in middle-aged adults. Psychoneuroendocrinology.32, 1158-1163 (2007).
Oswald, L.M., Zandi, P., Nestadt, G., Potash, J.B., Kalaydjian, A.E., & Wand, G.S. Relationship between cortisol responses to stress and personality. Neuropsychopharmacology.31, 1583-1591 (2006).
Fries, E., Hellhammer, D.H., & Hellhammer, J. Attenuation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responsivity to the Trier Social Stress Test by the benzodiazepine alprazolam. Psychoneuroendocrinology.31, 1278-1288 (2006).
Kudielka, B.M., Fischer, J.E., Metzenthin, P., Helfricht, S., Preckel, D., & von Känel, R. No effect of 5-day treatment with acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) or the beta-blocker propranolol (Inderal) on free cortisol responses to acute psychosocial stress: A randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Neuropsychobiology.56, 159-166 (2007).
Gaab, J., Blättler, N., Menzl, T., Pabst, B., Stoyer, S., & Ehlert, U. Randomized controlled evaluation of the effects of cognitive-behavioral stress management on cortisol responses to acute stress in healthy subjects. Psychoneuroendocrinology.28, 767-779 (2003).
Khalfa, S., Bella, S.D., Roy, M., Peretz, I., & Lupien, S.J. Effects of relaxing music on salivary cortisol level after psychological stress. Ann. NY Acad. Sci.999, 374-376 (2003).
Balodis, I.M., Wynne-Edwards, K.E., & Olmstead, M.C. The other side of the curve: Examining the relationship between pre-stressor physiological responses and stress reactivity. Psychoneuroendocrinology.35, 1363-1373 (2010).
Shultheiss, O.C. & Stanton, S.J. Assessment of salivary hormones. Methods in Social Neuroscience. Harmon-Jones, E., Beer, J.S., Eds. Guilford Press, New York, 17-44 (2009).
Kudielka, B.M., Hellhammer, D.H., & Wüst, S. Why do we respond so differently? Reviewing determinants of human salivary cortisol responses to challenge. Psychoneuroendocrinology.34, 2-18 (2009).
Buske-Kirschbaum, A., Jobst, S., Wustmans, A., Kirschbaum, C., Rauh, W., & Hellhammer, D. Attenuated free cortisol response to psychosocial stress in children with atopic dermatitis. Psychosom. Med.59, 419-426 (1997).