Female students' personality and stress response to an academic examination.
| Autor: | Garces-Arilla S; Department of Psychology and Sociology, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, University of Zaragoza, IIS Aragón, Teruel, Spain., Fidalgo C; Department of Psychology and Sociology, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, University of Zaragoza, IIS Aragón, Teruel, Spain., Mendez-Lopez M; Department of Psychology and Sociology, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, University of Zaragoza, IIS Aragón, Teruel, Spain., Osma J; Department of Psychology and Sociology, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, University of Zaragoza, IIS Aragón, Teruel, Spain., Peiro T; Department of Nursing, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain., Salvador A; Laboratory of Social Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychobiology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.; Spanish National Network for Research in Mental Health CIBERSAM, Madrid, Spain., Hidalgo V; Department of Psychology and Sociology, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, University of Zaragoza, IIS Aragón, Teruel, Spain.; Laboratory of Social Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychobiology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Anxiety, stress, and coping [Anxiety Stress Coping] 2024 Jul; Vol. 37 (4), pp. 460-472. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Sep 28. |
| DOI: | 10.1080/10615806.2023.2264208 |
| Abstrakt: | Background: Women are vulnerable to stress-related disorders. Examinations are a source of stress, triggering emotional, cognitive, and hormonal responses. We examined women's psychological and hormonal stress responses and academic performance according to personality during a real-life examination. Methods: Female students ( N = 66) were divided into two groups based on hierarchical cluster analysis: one cluster characterized by high neuroticism and moderate extraversion (HN-ME; n = 42) and the other by low neuroticism and high extraversion (LN-HE; n = 24). Academic performance, perceived stress, and emotional dysregulation were analyzed. State anxiety, affect, and cortisol release were measured before and on the examination day. Results: The HN-ME cluster was high in perceived stress, emotional dysregulation, and negative affect. This cluster also had higher state anxiety levels two days before and shortly after the examination compared to the LN-HE cluster. Students' cortisol levels were higher on the examination day, and there was a marginal significance of the Cluster factor in the cortisol release regardless of the day of measurement. Conclusions: Women with high neuroticism and moderate extraversion may be more vulnerable to psychological stress in academic settings but similar to other women in their cortisol response. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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