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Many people conceal their homosexuality. Concealment of homosexual orientation can be experienced as chronic stress and be associated with increased levels of physical symptoms. Research suggests that disclosure may produce a reduction in perceived stress, physical symptoms, and physiological activation. The cardiovascular activations levels of 27 healthy adult gay males were measured during resting baseline, a disclosure task (i.e. participants were instructed to talk about the difficulties associated with concealing one's sexual orientation), and a recovery phase. Several 2 (high/low concealment) × 2 (high/low disclosure) ANOVAs were conducted to determine if there was an interaction between level of concealment and level of disclosure during the recovery period. Results indicated that participants with a high concealment and high disclosure during the study exhibited significantly greater cardiovascular recovery than participants who engaged in a lower level of disclosure. These findings are discussed in light of Pennebaker's research on inhibition and confession. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Cardiovascular correlates of disclosing homosexual orientation

Pérez-Benítez

O’Brien

Carels

et al. 2006

Stress and Health

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The Impact of Abbreviated Progressive Muscle Relaxation on Salivary Cortisol and Salivary Immunoglobulin A (sIgA)

Pawlow

Jones

2005

Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback

116

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This study examined the acute effects of relaxation training on salivary cortisol and salivary immunoglobulin A (sIgA). Members of age- and gender-matched undergraduate student pairs were randomly assigned to an experimental or control group. Forty-one experimental subjects were led through Abbreviated Progressive Relaxation Training (APRT) during a 1-h laboratory session; 14 control subjects merely sat quietly in the laboratory for an equal amount of time. All subjects provided pre- and post-intervention saliva samples and self-report data on state anxiety, perceived stress, and relaxation levels. Heart rate was also monitored immediately before and after APRT or quiet sitting. Results indicated that a brief relaxation exercise led to experimental subjects having significantly lower levels of post-intervention salivary cortisol (p = .036) and significantly higher levels of post-intervention sIgA concentration (p < .001) and secretion rate (p < .001) than control subjects. The data suggest that relaxation training may play a role in immunoenhancement.

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Entwicklung und Evaluierung eines Stressbewältigungsprogramms für Studierende im Hochschulsetting

Limberger

Ebner‐Priemer

2016

Zeitschrift für Gesundheitspsychologie

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Zusammenfassung. Nicht erst seit den Studierendenprotesten werden die Themen Stress und Belastung an Universitäten mannigfaltig thematisiert. Im Gegensatz zur enormen Bedeutung ist die Anzahl der evaluierten Stresstrainings, die speziell für Studierende entwickelt wurden, bestenfalls überschaubar. Ziel der vorliegenden Studie war es, ein auf die Bedürfnisse der Studierenden zugeschnittenes multimodales Stressbewältigungsprogramm zu entwickeln und auf seine Wirksamkeit zu überprüfen. Die Evaluierung des siebenwöchigen Trainings erfolgte durch ein randomisiertes Wartelisten-Kontrollgruppendesign an 63 Studierenden. Insgesamt zeigt sich eine deutliche Verbesserung (signifikante Interaktion Gruppe*Zeit) bezüglich einer Vielzahl gesundheitsrelevanter Parameter: Stressbelastung, Prüfungsangst, psychosomatische Beschwerden, depressive Symptomatik, Perfektionismus, Selbstwert, Erholungsfähigkeit, Beanspruchungs-Erholungs-Bilanz und Selbstmanagementfähigkeiten/Ressourcen. Zusammenfassend erscheint das Trainingsprogramm, mit seiner innovativen zielgruppenspezifischen Konzeption, als erfolgsversprechender Baustein einer präventiven Gesundheitsförderung im Hochschulsetting.

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Cardiovascular correlates of disclosing homosexual orientation

Cardiovascular correlates of disclosing homosexual orientation

The Impact of Abbreviated Progressive Muscle Relaxation on Salivary Cortisol and Salivary Immunoglobulin A (sIgA)

Entwicklung und Evaluierung eines Stressbewältigungsprogramms für Studierende im Hochschulsetting

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