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McLoughlin, E. 
ORCID: 0000-0003-3630-6055, Arnold, R., Freeman, P., Turner, J.E., Roberts, G.A., Fletcher, D., Slavich, G.M. and Moore, L.J.,
2022.
Lifetime stressor exposure and psychophysiological reactivity and habituation to repeated acute social stressors.
Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology.
ISSN 0895-2779
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Abstract
This study addressed whether lifetime stressor exposure was associated with psychophysiological reactivity and habituation to a novel laboratory-based stressor. Eighty-six participants (M age = 23.31 years, SD = 4.94) reported their exposure to lifetime non-sport and sport-specific stressors before completing two consecutive trials of the Trier Social Stress Test, while cardiovascular (i.e., heart rate) and endocrine (i.e., salivary cortisol) data were recorded. Exposure to a moderate number of lifetime non-sport and sport-specific stressors was associated with adaptive cardiovascular reactivity, whereas very low or very high stressor exposure was related to maladaptive reactivity. Moreover, experiencing a very low number of lifetime non-sport (but not sport-specific) stressors was associated with poorer habituation. In contrast, lifetime stressor severity was unrelated to cardiovascular reactivity. Finally, greater lifetime non-sport and sport-specific stressor counts were associated with blunted cortisol reactivity and poorer habituation. These results suggest that lifetime stressor exposure may influence sport performers’ acute stress responses.
| Item Type: | Journal article | ||||||
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| Publication Title: | Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology | ||||||
| Creators: | McLoughlin, E., Arnold, R., Freeman, P., Turner, J.E., Roberts, G.A., Fletcher, D., Slavich, G.M. and Moore, L.J. | ||||||
| Publisher: | Human Kinetics | ||||||
| Date: | 30 November 2022 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0895-2779 | ||||||
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| Rights: | Accepted author manuscript version reprinted, by permission, from Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.2022-0196. © Human Kinetics, Inc. | ||||||
| Divisions: | Schools > School of Science and Technology | ||||||
| Record created by: | Jeremy Silvester | ||||||
| Date Added: | 02 Dec 2022 16:34 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 02 Dec 2022 16:34 | ||||||
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/47567 |
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