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2003
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Raquel Costa et al., « Psychophysiological responses to acute stress in two groups of healthy women differing in fitness », Psicothema, ID : 10670/1.58ifz1
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"This study examined how the degree of fitness affects several psychophysiological responses to stressin elite sportswomen and physically active women. Trait anxiety and mood were evaluated, and salivarytestosterone (Tsal) and cortisol (Csal) concentrations determined before and after a maximal ergometry.Afterwards, subjects carried out the Stroop task, where heart rate (HR) and skin conductancelevel (SCL) were continuously recorded. At baseline, elite sportswomen had worse mood, and lowercardiovascular basal measures and testosterone:cortisol ratio. In the Stroop task, they showed higherSCL reactivity and worse recovery with respect to the baseline values than physically active women.There was a positive relationship between Tsal and HR as well as between negative mood andSCL, and a negative one between negative mood and HR. In women, the degree of fitness moderatesthe electrodermal responses to acute stress, a specific pattern of relationship among different psychophysiologicalvariables being found."