The Effect of a Primary Sexual Reward Manipulation on Cortisol Responses to Psychosocial Stress in Men
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19308232 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J David Creswell (0000-0002-9604-6120, Carnegie Mellon University, corresponding author), Laura E Pacilio (0000-0002-2830-1214), Thomas F Denson (0000-0002-9620-4280), Maureen D Satyshur, Maureen Satyshur |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 397-403 |
| Publication date | 2013-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychosomatic Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-3174 • E-ISSN: 1534-7796 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/psy.0b013e31828c4524 |
| PMID | 23576768 |
| OpenAlex | W2136242968 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 47 |
OBJECTIVE: Although previous research provides evidence for the role of rewarding activities in reducing hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responses to stress, no studies have tested whether rewards can buffer cortisol responses in humans undergoing social stressors. METHOD: This study experimentally investigated whether viewing appetitive rewarding pictures reduces cortisol responses to an acute stress challenge. Fifty-four heterosexual men were randomly assigned to view either mildly erotic (reward) or neutral images (control) of mixed-sex couples before completing the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST). RESULTS: Participants in the reward condition had significantly lower area-under-the-curve cortisol reactivity to the TSST (mean [M] = 363.46) in comparison with participants in the control group (M = 807.06; F(1,46) = 4.84, p = .033, η(2) = 0.095). Reward participants also had improved cognitive performance on the math portion of the TSST (M = 20.74) in comparison with control participants (M = 13.82; F(44) = 5.44, p = .024, η(2) = 0.11). The stress-buffering effects of reward were specific to hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis reactivity: the reward and control groups did not differ on psychological perceptions of anticipatory or poststress perceptions, heart rate, or blood pressure responses. CONCLUSIONS: This research provides the first evidence linking the experience of reward with reduced stress reactivity in humans and suggests a potential novel reward pathway for coping under stress
Blood pressure · Coping (psychology) · Developmental psychology · Fight-or-flight response · Heart rate · Perception · Reactivity (psychology) · Reward system · Social stress · Stressor · Trier social stress test · Clinical Psychology · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Neuroscience · Psychology · Stress Responses and Cortisol
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