Habituation to a stressor predicts adolescents' adiposity.
Anxiety Stress Coping
; 29(4): 457-62, 2016 07.
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| ID: mdl-26133077
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Stress is associated with gains in adiposity. One factor that determines how much stress is experienced is how quickly an adolescent reduces responding (habituates) across repeated stressors. The purpose of this study was to determine the association of body mass index (BMI) percentile and the rate of habituation to a stressor. DESIGN: Thirty-four adolescents completed anthropometric measures and a habituation protocol using a within study design. METHODS: The habituation protocol measured the rate of decline in perceived stress and heart rate (HR) across four, two-minute serial subtraction trials. RESULTS: Multivariate linear regression revealed the habituation rate of the HR predicted BMI percentile after adjusting for gender, socioeconomic status, and initial HR (ß = 17.2, p < .04). CONCLUSIONS: Slower habituation to a laboratory stressor was associated with greater BMI percentiles in adolescents.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Estresse Psicológico
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Índice de Massa Corporal
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Adiposidade
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Habituação Psicofisiológica
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Frequência Cardíaca
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Anxiety Stress Coping
Assunto da revista:
CIENCIAS DO COMPORTAMENTO
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PSICOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos