Thermal Psychophysiological Evaluation and Intervention of Social Stress Single Session in Psychology Students
Acute social stress induces an effect of sympathetic activity, while relaxation promotes parasympathetic activity. However, some people fail to regulate their autonomic balance (stress-relaxation), so that the effect of a single session psychophysiological intervention can be evaluated. Participate...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Revista Digital Internacional de Psicología y Ciencia Social |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.172.17.0.1:article/227 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://cuved.unam.mx/revistas/index.php/rdpcs/article/view/227 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | TSST-Cog, Nasal Temperature, Guided Imagery, Thermal-Conditioning TSST-Cog nasal temperature guided imagenery termal-conditioning TSST-Cog, Temperatura-Nasal, Imaginería Guiada, Condicionamiento-Térmico TSS-Cog Temperatura-Nasal Imaginería Guiada condicionamineto-térmico |
| Sumario: | Acute social stress induces an effect of sympathetic activity, while relaxation promotes parasympathetic activity. However, some people fail to regulate their autonomic balance (stress-relaxation), so that the effect of a single session psychophysiological intervention can be evaluated. Participate pre-grade psychology students (n = 15) who completed a psychometric evaluation of distress measures (anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress, alexithymia and subjective perception of stress). Subsequently, the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST-Cog) was applied, a behavioral protocol to induce acute social stress, the follow-up of guided imagery (GI) search strategy. Through a repeated measures design, it is about its nasal temperature and the thermal difference between stress and relaxation is compared. Subsequently, the students who reported a level of distraction in the psychometric measures were randomized into two subgroups to apply a procedure of thermal conditioning on the hands - relaxation and a control group. The results are revealed in an association (p <0.05) between the nasal temperature and the measures of distress; a decrease in the nasal temperature during the TSST-Cog (accompanied by an increase in the perception of stress) and a thermal increase (p< 0.01). For the participants with the thermal conditioning procedure, the decrease in temperature was reversed (p = 0.05), while the students without the procedure had no post-GI changes (p = 0.15). It is concluded that the use of the protocol. TSST-Relaxation can be used as a diagnostic procedure of emotional functioning, as well as the promotion of thermal conditioning in those who do not benefit from the procedures of traditional practice. |
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