TY - JOUR
T1 - The Role of Stress Reactivity in the Long-term Persistence of Adolescent Social Anxiety Symptoms
AU - Nelemans, S.A.
AU - Hale, W.W.
AU - Branje, S.J.T.
AU - Van Lier, Pol
AU - Koot, Hans M.
AU - Meeus, W.H.J.
PY - 2017/4
Y1 - 2017/4
N2 - Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) symptoms demonstrate a marked persistence over time, but little is known empirically about short-term processes that may account for this long-term persistence. In this study, we examined how self-reported and physiological stress reactivity were associated with persistence of SAD symptoms from early to late adolescence. A community sample of 327 adolescents (56% boys, Mage = 13.01 at T1) reported their SAD symptoms for 6 successive years and participated in a public speaking task, during which self-reported (i.e., perceived nervousness and heart rate) and physiological (i.e., cortisol and heart rate) measures of stress were taken. Overall, our results point to a developmental process in which adolescents with a developmental history of higher SAD symptoms show both heightened perceived stress reactivity and heart rate reactivity, which, in turn, predict higher SAD symptoms into late adolescence.
AB - Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) symptoms demonstrate a marked persistence over time, but little is known empirically about short-term processes that may account for this long-term persistence. In this study, we examined how self-reported and physiological stress reactivity were associated with persistence of SAD symptoms from early to late adolescence. A community sample of 327 adolescents (56% boys, Mage = 13.01 at T1) reported their SAD symptoms for 6 successive years and participated in a public speaking task, during which self-reported (i.e., perceived nervousness and heart rate) and physiological (i.e., cortisol and heart rate) measures of stress were taken. Overall, our results point to a developmental process in which adolescents with a developmental history of higher SAD symptoms show both heightened perceived stress reactivity and heart rate reactivity, which, in turn, predict higher SAD symptoms into late adolescence.
KW - Social anxiety disorder (SAD) symptoms
KW - Adolescence
KW - Stress reactivity
KW - Developmental processes
KW - Public speaking task
U2 - 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2017.03.003
DO - 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2017.03.003
M3 - Article
SN - 0019-493X
VL - 125
SP - 91
EP - 104
JO - Biological Psychology
JF - Biological Psychology
ER -