Validity of the Trier Social Stress Test in studying discrimination stress.

CONCLUSION: The modified instructions did not compromise the validity of the TSST. Prompting participants to discuss specific sources of discrimination may be a useful adaptation of the TSST in studying minority stress reactivity.Summary: The goal of the present study was to adapt a widely used measure of stress reactivity to study the impact of experiences with discrimination on biological systems involved in regulating the stress response. The modification included asking women to discuss a time when they had been treated unfairly and to describe how they responded to that experience. The magnitude of response to the task varied as a function of sexual orientation and race, and the topics discussed, demonstrating usefulness of the modification for studying the impact of discrimination stress of physical health.
PMID: 32160797 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Stress - March 13, 2020 Category: Research Tags: Stress Source Type: research