Takahashi Taiki, Ikeda Koki, Ishikawa Miho, Kitamura Nozomi, Tsukasaki Takafumi, Nakama Daisuke, Kameda Tatsuya
Department of Behavioral Science, Faculty of Letters, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan.
Neuro Endocrinol Lett. 2005 Aug;26(4):351-4.
Traditionally, it has been hypothesized that highly anxious/emotionally reactive subjects may have exaggerated social stress response. We examined the relationship between self-reported anxiety, emotional reactivity, and social stress response.
We investigated the relationship between personality scales of trait-state anxiety, subjective autonomic reactivity, and salivary cortisol levels before and after social stress exposure (Trier Social Stress Test) in 20 men.
Significant positive correlations between anxiety, subjective autonomic reactivity, and basal cortisol levels were observed, while neither anxiety nor subjective autonomic reactivity was correlated with social stress-induced cortisol elevation.
The present results indicate (i) subjects with higher degrees of trait anxiety/subjective autonomic reactivity have higher basal cortisol levels, and (ii) in contrast to the traditional view, anxious personality is not strongly associated with exaggerated cortisol response to social stress.
传统上，人们一直假设高度焦虑/情绪反应强烈的个体可能具有夸大的社会应激反应。我们研究了自我报告的焦虑、情绪反应性与社会应激反应之间的关系。
我们调查了20名男性在社会应激暴露（特里尔社会应激测试）前后特质-状态焦虑、主观自主反应性的人格量表与唾液皮质醇水平之间的关系。
观察到焦虑、主观自主反应性与基础皮质醇水平之间存在显著正相关，而焦虑和主观自主反应性均与社会应激诱导的皮质醇升高无关。
目前的结果表明：（i）特质焦虑/主观自主反应性程度较高的个体具有较高的基础皮质醇水平；（ii）与传统观点相反，焦虑人格与对社会应激的皮质醇反应夸大没有密切关联。
