This study aims to investigate the effects of short, psychological interventions on bio-psychological stress responses after an acute stressor. The efficacy of two different approaches (expectation-bases vs. acceptance-based) will be compared to a control-group.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
90
writing task
listening
Philipps University Marburg Medical Center
Marburg, Germany
Change in Subjective Stress Ratings
VAS (visual analogue scale)
Time frame: at baseline, before the intervention, after the intervention; during the stressor, after the stressor; in total 45 minutes
Change in Cortisol Levels
saliva sample
Time frame: at baseline (min. -37), after the intervention (min. -19), after the stressor (min. 0), recovery 1 (min. +15), recovery 2 (min. +30); in total 67 minutes
Changes in Heart-Rate-Variability (HRV)
electrocardiogram
Time frame: during baseline (duration 10 minutes), during the stressor (duration 20 minutes), during recovery (duration 10 minutes); in total 40 minutes
Changes in Affect
VAS (visual analogue scale)
Time frame: at baseline, after the stressor; in total 45 minutes
Self-Efficacy
questionnaire (self-efficacy scale; Schwarzer \& Jerusalem, 1999)
Time frame: at baseline, after the recovery-phase; in total 55 minutes
Positivity
questionnaire (positivity scale; Caprara et al., 2012, König, 2012)
Time frame: at baseline, after the recovery-phase; in total 55 minutes
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