压力评估与人类对心理压力的交感神经反应性有关
Jeremy A Bigalke1, Neha A John-Henderson2, Jason R Carter1
1Department of Health, Human Performance, and Recreation, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, United States.
Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)
|November 27, 2024
概括
将心理压力视为威胁,而不是挑战,显著增加了肌肉交感神经活动 (MSNA) 的反应性. 这一发现有助于解释为什么个体对心理压力的反应不同.
科学领域:
- 心血管生理学心血管生理学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 心理生理学 心理生理学
背景情况:
- 肌肉交感神经活动 (MSNA) 对心理压力的反应存在个体变异.
- 以前关于压力感知在MSNA变异性中的作用的研究尚未得出结论.
- 压力评估 (威胁与挑战) 对MSNA反应性的影响仍未得到充分研究.
研究的目的:
- 研究压力评估与心理社会压力期间的MSNA反应性之间的关联.
- 测试假设,将心理压力视为威胁,而不是挑战,与更大的MSNA反应性有关.
主要方法:
- 20名健康成年人接受了特里尔社会压力测试 (TSST),同时不断监测血压,心率和MSNA.
- 参与者在每个TSST阶段后报告了他们对压力任务的评估,他们认为这是一种威胁或挑战.
- 统计分析检查了威胁/挑战评估和MSNA响应 (爆发频率,发生率,总活动) 之间的相关性.
主要成果:
- 将TSST视为威胁的评估与增加的MSNA爆发频率,发生率和演讲压力期间的总活动有关.
- 在TSST任务中提高威胁评估与更大的整体MSNA反应性相关.
- 即使考虑到潜在的混因素,这些关联仍然很重要.
结论:
- 压力评估,特别是将情况视为威胁,与过度的肌肉交感神经活动 (MSNA) 对心理压力的反应性有显著关联.
- 这种关系可能部分解释了同情神经系统对心理社会压力因素的反应中观察到的实质性个体间差异.
- 了解压力评估机制可以了解压力反应的生理基础以及干预的潜在目标.
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