Mohiyeddini Changiz, Bauer Stephanie, Semple Stuart
a Department of Psychology , Roehampton University , London , UK.
Anxiety Stress Coping. 2015;28(4):391-407. doi: 10.1080/10615806.2014.1000878. Epub 2015 Mar 5.
Neuroticism is linked with an impaired ability to cope with stress and is an important risk factor for stress-related disorders. Hence, there is interest in exploring the behavioral correlates of neuroticism and how such behaviors may moderate the link between neuroticism and the response to stress. Displacement behavior - activity such as face touching and scratching - is important to investigate in this respect, as recent studies indicate that such behavior is linked to negative emotional states and has an important stress coping function. Here, we explored the relationship between neuroticism, displacement behavior, and stress in a healthy population of men.
This was a cross-sectional, quasiexperimentally controlled study.
We assessed participants' levels of neuroticism, and then during a Trier Social Stress Test quantified displacement behavior, physiological, and cognitive indices of the stress response; after the test we measured the self-reported experience of stress.
Displacement behavior was negatively correlated with self-reported experience, physiological, and cognitive measures of stress and moderated the relationships between neuroticism, self-reported experience, and cognitive index of stress.
Our results suggest displacement behavior plays an important role in shaping the link between neuroticism and the response to stress.
神经质与应对压力的能力受损有关，是与压力相关障碍的重要风险因素。因此，人们有兴趣探索神经质的行为相关因素，以及这些行为如何调节神经质与应激反应之间的联系。在这方面，探究替代行为（如触摸脸部和抓挠等行为）很重要，因为最近的研究表明，此类行为与负面情绪状态有关，并且具有重要的应激应对功能。在此，我们在健康男性群体中探究了神经质、替代行为和压力之间的关系。
这是一项横断面、准实验对照研究。
我们评估了参与者的神经质水平，然后在一项特里尔社会应激测试中量化替代行为、应激反应的生理和认知指标；测试后，我们测量了自我报告的应激体验。
替代行为与自我报告的应激体验、生理和认知应激测量指标呈负相关，并调节了神经质、自我报告的应激体验和应激认知指标之间的关系。
我们的结果表明，替代行为在塑造神经质与应激反应之间的联系中起重要作用。
