Public Health, Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Environ Health Prev Med. 2011 Nov;16(6):369-74. doi: 10.1007/s12199-011-0207-0. Epub 2011 Feb 15.
Using shogi, a representative table game popular in Japan, to model a stress situation, we investigated the modulatory effects of player characteristics on changes in the levels of cortisol and testosterone in the saliva of the players.
Saliva samples were collected at the following time-points: (1) 30 min after awakening on the day of the shogi convention; (2) immediately before the game; (3) immediately after the game; (4) 30 min after the end of game; (5) 30 min after awakening the following morning. The study cohort comprised 90 healthy male university students who were members of a shogi club, who were subsequently classified into either the emotional strategy (Em) or cognitive strategy (Co) group based on their scores on a Lazarus-type stress coping inventory.
Cortisol levels were significantly higher in the Em group than in the Co group the morning following the convention, and this difference was not affected by either outcome (victory or defeat) or perception (competitive or noncompetitive) of the match. A similar but non-significant trend was observed for testosterone levels.
Our findings suggest that the Em group had a greater capacity to manage the stress from a shogi convention than the Co group.
通过将日本流行的代表性棋盘游戏将棋(shogi)建模为一种应激情况,我们研究了玩家特征对其唾液中皮质醇和睾酮水平变化的调节作用。
在以下时间点采集唾液样本:(1)在将棋大会当天醒来后 30 分钟;(2)比赛前立即;(3)比赛后立即;(4)比赛结束后 30 分钟;(5)次日醒来后 30 分钟。研究队列包括 90 名健康的男性大学生,他们都是将棋俱乐部的成员,随后根据拉扎勒斯型应激应对量表的得分将他们分为情绪策略(Em)或认知策略(Co)组。
大会次日早晨,Em 组的皮质醇水平明显高于 Co 组,且这种差异不受比赛结果(胜利或失败)或比赛感知(竞争性或非竞争性)的影响。睾酮水平也呈现出类似但无统计学意义的趋势。
我们的研究结果表明,Em 组比 Co 组更有能力应对将棋大会的压力。