Stressful Life Events Are Related to More Negative Interpretations, but Not Under Acute Stress
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13676482 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kathy Bélanger (0000-0001-8447-7022, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières), Isabelle Blanchette (0000-0003-4020-5089, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 125 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1988-2008 |
| Publication date | 2021-05-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00332941211014150 |
| PMID | 33969753 |
| OpenAlex | W3160050091 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 64 |
Studies have identified deleterious effects of stress on multiple cognitive processes such as memory and attention. Little is known about the impact of stress on interpretation. We investigated how an induced acute stress and more long-term stress related to life events were associated with interpretations of ambiguous stimuli. Fifty participants answered a questionnaire indexing the number of stressful life events. A median split was used to compare those reporting few or more events. Half of participants performed an arithmetic task that induced acute stress; they were compared to a control group performing a less stressful task. We measured the interpretation of ambiguous visual stimuli, which participants had to judge as "negative" or "positive". We found a significant interaction between the number of stressful life events and the induced acute stress on the proportion of positive interpretations. In the control group, participants reporting more stressful events produced less positive interpretations than those reporting few events. In the induced stress condition, no significant difference was found. Life events tend to influence interpretation in the absence of an acute stressor, which seems to be more influent in the short term
Cognition · Developmental psychology · Psychiatry · Stress (linguistics · Stressor · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Clinical Psychology · Memory and Neural Mechanisms · Memory Processes and Influences · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2023 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |