Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6818424 | Psychoneuroendocrinology | 2016 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
The BEST-C, utilising child confederates of participant target age is a meaningful social stress test for children. This is the first social stress test developed specifically for children that manipulates panel characteristics by using child confederates and a pre-recorded sham panel. Greater cortisol responses to the test were also found to match subjective verbal accounts of the experience. It offers a meaningful acute stress paradigm with potential applications to other child and adolescent age groups. Furthermore, it leads the way in the use of panel manipulation in social stress testing.
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Authors
Tara J. Cheetham, Julie M. Turner-Cobb,