Comparing two psychosocial stress paradigms for imaging environments-ScanSTRESS and fNIRS-TSST: Correlation structures between stress responses

Henze, Gina-Isabelle and Rosenbaum, David and Baertl, Christoph and Laicher, Hendrik and Konzok, Julian and Kudielka, Brigitte M. and Fallgatter, Andreas J. and Wuest, Stefan and Ehlis, Ann-Christine and Kreuzpointner, Ludwig (2023) Comparing two psychosocial stress paradigms for imaging environments-ScanSTRESS and fNIRS-TSST: Correlation structures between stress responses. BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH, 436: 114080. ISSN 0166-4328, 1872-7549

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Abstract

The present post-hoc analysis of two independent studies conducted in different laboratories aimed at comparing reactions of stress activation systems in response to two different psychosocial stress induction paradigms. Both paradigms are based on the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) and suited for neuroimaging environments. In an indepth analysis, data from 67 participants (36 men, 31 women) from a functional magnetic resonance imaging study implementing ScanSTRESS were compared with data from a functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) study implementing the so-called 'fNIRS-TSST' including 45 participants (8 men, 37 women). We tested the equivalence of correlation patterns between the stress response measures cortisol, heart rate, affect, and neural responses in the two samples. Moreover, direct comparisons of affective and neural responses were made. Similar correlation structures were identified for all stress activation systems, except for neural contrasts of paradigm conditions (stress vs. control) showing significant differences in association with cortisol, heart rate, and affective variables between the two samples. Furthermore, both stress paradigms elicited comparable affective and cortical stress responses. Apart from methodological differences (e.g., procedure, timing of the paradigms) the present analysis suggests that both paradigms are capable of inducing moderate acute psychosocial stress to a comparable extent with regard to affective and cortical stress responses. Moreover, similar association structures between different stress response systems were found in both studies. Thus, depending on the study objective and the respective advantages of each imaging approach, both paradigms have demonstrated their usefulness for future studies.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: TRIER SOCIAL STRESS; NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; CORTISOL; SEX; CLAUSTROPHOBIA; DEACTIVATION; ASSOCIATION; FMRI; FNIRS; Scan STRESS; FNIRS-TSST; Affect; Neural responses
Subjects: 100 Philosophy & psychology > 150 Psychology
Divisions: Medicine > Institut für Epidemiologie und Präventivmedizin
Human Sciences > Institut für Psychologie
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Date Deposited: 30 Jan 2024 09:03
Last Modified: 30 Jan 2024 09:03
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/57042

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