Female students' personality and stress response to an academic examination.

IF 2.3 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHIATRY

Anxiety Stress and Coping Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2023-09-28 DOI:10.1080/10615806.2023.2264208

Sara Garces-Arilla, Camino Fidalgo, Magdalena Mendez-Lopez, Jorge Osma, Teresa Peiro, Alicia Salvador, Vanesa Hidalgo

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Abstract

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.

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女学生的个性和对学业考试的压力反应。

背景：女性易患与压力相关的疾病。检查是压力的来源，会引发情绪、认知和荷尔蒙反应。我们在一次现实生活中的检查中，根据个性，检查了女性的心理和荷尔蒙压力反应以及学习成绩。方法：女生（N = 66）根据层次聚类分析分为两组：一组以高度神经质和中度外向性为特征（HN-ME；n = 42），另一种表现为低神经质和高外向性（LN-HE；n = 24）。分析了学习成绩、感知压力和情绪调节障碍。在检查前和检查当天测量状态焦虑、情绪和皮质醇释放。结果：HN-ME聚类在感知压力、情绪失调和负面影响方面较高。与LN-HE集群相比，该集群在检查前两天和检查后不久的状态焦虑水平也更高。学生的皮质醇水平在考试当天较高，无论测量日期如何，集群因素在皮质醇释放中都具有边际意义。结论：具有高度神经质和中度外向性的女性在学术环境中可能更容易受到心理压力，但在皮质醇反应方面与其他女性相似。

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Anxiety Stress and Coping Multiple-

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期刊介绍： This journal provides a forum for scientific, theoretically important, and clinically significant research reports and conceptual contributions. It deals with experimental and field studies on anxiety dimensions and stress and coping processes, but also with related topics such as the antecedents and consequences of stress and emotion. We also encourage submissions contributing to the understanding of the relationship between psychological and physiological processes, specific for stress and anxiety. Manuscripts should report novel findings that are of interest to an international readership. While the journal is open to a diversity of articles.