TAP reading note: Multi-systemic evaluation of biological and emotional responses to the Trier Social Stress Test: A meta-analysis and systematic review
Cortisol and negative mood were the most sensitive markers in the selected multi-system TSST literature. Sensitivity of other systems was less consistent or based on fewer studies. The result depends on the measure and time contrast.
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What the study found
Cortisol and negative mood were the most sensitive markers in the selected multi-system TSST literature. Sensitivity of other systems was less consistent or based on fewer studies. The result depends on the measure and time contrast.
Scope & limitations
61 studies in the review; 58 in meta-analyses, with 2,459 healthy participants aged 18–65.
Limited studies for several markers, selected healthy samples and differing time contrasts. Sensitive response markers are not universal personal recovery thresholds.
Population & sample
61 studies in the review; 58 in meta-analyses, with 2,459 healthy participants aged 18–65.
Exposure or intervention
TSST exposure with biological and emotional measurements.
Outcomes
Endocrine, physiological, inflammatory and emotional changes; separate time contrasts.
Time frame
Included publications spanned 2005–2020; review in the 2023 journal issue.
Research funding
Hong Kong Research Grants Council Collaborative Research Fund C7079-19GF (T. Lee); Greater Bay Area Centre for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence Open Fund 2019007 (R. Shao).
Research conflicts of interest
The authors declare no competing interests.
Reading scope
University-repository full text: eligibility, study counts, outcome definitions, results and declarations. Supplementary analyses were not independently reproduced.
References
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TAP-RDN-0090 · v1.0 · English
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