The afterthought phenomenon in stress: impacts of retrospective appraisal on stress responses

• 作者： Chen, Hongyu ^1,2 Wang, Peishan ^1,2 Wang, Xiaoyu ^1,2 Zhan, Lei ^1,2 Sun, Xianghong ^1,2 Huang, Zheng ^1,2 Zhang, Liang ^1,2
• 作者单位：
  1.  Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
  2.  Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
• 通讯作者： Zhang, Liang  Email:zhangl@psych.ac.cn
• 提交时间：2023-09-13

摘要: Background: While psychosocial stressors trigger neuroendocrine responses and affect task performance, many studies overlook the dynamic nature of the stress appraisal process. Goal: This study aims to explore whether subjective appraisals at various time points can interpret individual stress responses, both behaviorally and physiologically, using controlled laboratory conditions. Methods: A total of 137 effective participants were recruited to induce individual stress states using the Trier Social stress Test (TSST). Subjective appraisals were measured both before (anticipatory appraisal) and after the stressor (retrospective appraisal). Concurrently, participants' cortisol responses and task performances were documented. Results: Findings indicate that anticipatory appraisal doesn't significantly impact task performance, whereas retrospective appraisal markedly affects performance of the corresponding tasks. Regarding cortisol levels, multivariate regression analysis revealed that only the retrospective appraisal of the speech task accounted for the observed variance in cortisol response under stress. Discussion: The data suggests that retrospective appraisals are more indicative of behavioral and physiological responses to psychosocial stressors than anticipatory appraisals. These findings lend empirical support to refining the biopsychosocial model and underscore the utility of retrospective appraisal in capturing individual stress response variations.

• 来自： 陈泓宇
• 分类： 心理学 >> 应用心理学
• 投稿状态： 已投稿会议
• 引用： ChinaXiv:202309.00129 (或此版本 ChinaXiv:202309.00129V1)
  DOI:10.12074/202309.00129V1
  CSTR:32003.36.ChinaXiv.202309.00129.V1
• 推荐引用方式： Chen, Hongyu,Wang, Peishan,Wang, Xiaoyu,Zhan, Lei,Sun, Xianghong,Huang, Zheng,Zhang, Liang.(2023).The afterthought phenomenon in stress: impacts of retrospective appraisal on stress responses.中国科学院科技论文预发布平台.doi:10.12074/202309.00129V1 (点此复制)