Character strengths, social anxiety, and physiological stress reactivity
In this paper, the effects of character strengths on the physiological reactivity to social anxiety induced by the Trier Social Stress Task were reported. On the basis of their scores in the Chinese Virtues Questionnaire, 30 college students were assigned to either high- (n = 15) or low-character-st...
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| description | In this paper, the effects of character strengths on the physiological reactivity to social anxiety induced by the Trier Social Stress Task were reported. On the basis of their scores in the Chinese Virtues Questionnaire, 30 college students were assigned to either high- (n = 15) or low-character-strength (n = 15) groups. Their psychological stress and physiological data across three laboratory stages (namely, baseline, stress exposure, and post-stress) were collected. Results indicated that individuals with high character strengths exhibited rapid cardiovascular recovery from baseline to post-stress even if high- and low-character-strength groups showed similar patterns of cardiovascular arousal in response to the stress at baseline and stress exposure. These results prove that character strengths are stress-defense factors that allow for psychological and physiological adaptation to stress. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-25b4cd69081442afb984dd48e6562e302023-12-02T21:54:09ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ2167-83592017-05-015e339610.7717/peerj.3396Character strengths, social anxiety, and physiological stress reactivityTingting Li0Wenjie Duan1Pengfei Guo2School of Public Administration and Humanities, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, Liaoning, P.R. ChinaDepartment of Sociology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, P.R. ChinaHospital (T.C.M.) Affiliated to Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, P.R. ChinaIn this paper, the effects of character strengths on the physiological reactivity to social anxiety induced by the Trier Social Stress Task were reported. On the basis of their scores in the Chinese Virtues Questionnaire, 30 college students were assigned to either high- (n = 15) or low-character-strength (n = 15) groups. Their psychological stress and physiological data across three laboratory stages (namely, baseline, stress exposure, and post-stress) were collected. Results indicated that individuals with high character strengths exhibited rapid cardiovascular recovery from baseline to post-stress even if high- and low-character-strength groups showed similar patterns of cardiovascular arousal in response to the stress at baseline and stress exposure. These results prove that character strengths are stress-defense factors that allow for psychological and physiological adaptation to stress.https://peerj.com/articles/3396.pdfStressPhysiological recoverySocial anxietyCharacter strengthsPositive psychology |
| spellingShingle | Tingting Li Wenjie Duan Pengfei Guo Character strengths, social anxiety, and physiological stress reactivity PeerJ Stress Physiological recovery Social anxiety Character strengths Positive psychology |
| title | Character strengths, social anxiety, and physiological stress reactivity |
| title_full | Character strengths, social anxiety, and physiological stress reactivity |
| title_fullStr | Character strengths, social anxiety, and physiological stress reactivity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Character strengths, social anxiety, and physiological stress reactivity |
| title_short | Character strengths, social anxiety, and physiological stress reactivity |
| title_sort | character strengths social anxiety and physiological stress reactivity |
| topic | Stress Physiological recovery Social anxiety Character strengths Positive psychology |
| url | https://peerj.com/articles/3396.pdf |
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