Kvalitatiivne uurimustöö Emotsioonide regulatsioon ja stress
Despite these reports, Dikerson
and Kemery (2004) in a meta-analysis of acute psychological stressors and various
laboratory tests, did show variations in the cortisol response. The public
speaking/cognitive task combination was associated with significantly greater cortisol
responses than other types of psychological stressors. The combination of social-
evaluative threat (being judged negatively by others when performing arithmetic or
speaking task) and uncontrollability (time constriction and possible outcome) was the
strongest predictor for the cortisol response.
Detecting an association between repeated measures combining several time
points, for cortisol the most widely used formulas are the area under the curve (AUCg
and AUCi), where AUCg is ´area under curve with respect to ground` and AUCi is
`area under the curve with respect to increase´. The calculation of the AUC is used to
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