ArticlePsychophysiology2022
Cardiovascular reactions to acute psychological stress and academic achievement.
Article in Psychophysiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Latent profiles and transitions of acute psychological stress in patients with acute myocardial infarction after percutaneous coronary intervention and their association with cardiac rehabilitation participation.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Social and physiological stress elicit divergent psycho-physiological dynamics and motor cortex activation.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The influence mechanism of mindfulness training on college students' psychological stress regulation: a mediation model with moderating effect.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Physiological and Personality Measures as Potential Factors Associated with Cardiac Coherence Training Effects on Symptoms Reduction: A Pilot Study on Healthcare Workers.Clinical neuropsychiatry · 2025Article
- Stressor-evoked heart rate, perceived physiological arousal, and anxiety symptoms in young adults.Journal of affective disorders · 2025Article
- Blunted brachial blood flow velocity response to acute mental stress in PTSD females.Physiological reports · 2024Article
- Cardiovascular reactions to acute psychological stress and academic achievement.Psychophysiology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Cardiovascular reactions to acute psychological stress have been associated with cognitive function. However, previous work has assessed cardiovascular reactions and cognitive function in the laboratory at the same time. The present study examined the association between cardiovascular reactions to acute psychological stress in the laboratory and academic performance in final year high school students. Heart rate, blood pressure, stroke volume, and cardiac output reactions to an acute psychological stress task were measured in 131 participants during their final year of high school. Performance on high school A-levels were obtained the following year. Higher heart rate and cardiac output reactivity were associated with better A-level performance. These associations were still statistically significant after adjusting for a wide range of potentially confounding variables. The present results are consistent with a body of literature suggesting that higher heart rate reactions to acute psychological stress are associated with better cognitive performance across a variety of domains.
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