对压力和自然暴露的敏感性:揭示对物理环境的不同敏感性;一个随机对照试验
Aaron M Eisen1, Gregory N Bratman2,3,4, Hector A Olvera-Alvarez1
1School of Nursing, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States of America.
PloS one
|April 17, 2024
概括
自然暴露可能为具有较高炎症反应性的个体提供更大的压力恢复益处. 这表明,生物敏感性标记,而不仅仅是社会经济地位,预测了对大自然的强化反应.
科学领域:
- 环境心理学环境心理学
- 心理神经免疫学 心理神经免疫学
- 在健康方面存在差异.
背景情况:
- 流行病学研究表明,自然暴露对较低社会经济群体的健康益处更大.
- 一个框架提出,生命早期的压力会产生一种亲炎性表型,增加对压力的敏感性.
- 易受影响的个体对不利环境和保护环境都表现出高度敏感.
研究的目的:
- 实验性地研究一种促炎性表型,作为一种增强自然暴露后应激恢复的机制.
- 探索对环境影响对应激恢复的不同易感性.
主要方法:
- 64名健康的大学年龄的男性接受了急性压力因素,随后进行了10分钟的虚拟现实暴露 (自然或办公室).
- 通过心率变化来衡量压力恢复.
- 使用社会经济地位,早期生活压力,炎症反应性和抗葡萄糖皮质激素耐药性来评估易感性.
主要成果:
- 温和的趋势表明,在自然条件下,参与者具有更高的炎症反应性和抗葡萄糖皮质激素耐药性,可以更好地恢复压力.
- 根据社会经济地位或早期生活压力,没有观察到恢复的显著差异.
结论:
- 炎症反应性和抗葡萄糖皮质激素耐药性似乎是对自然福利的敏感性更接近的指标,而不是自我报告的社会经济地位或早期生活压力.
- 研究结果表明,易感性可以被概念化为增加的环境敏感性,并有可能从自然暴露中获得更大的健康益处.
- 未来的研究应该探索不同人群中的这些趋势,以完善对环境敏感性和基于自然的干预措施的理解.
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