The influence of motivation on stress : is it stressful not to fit?
Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Der Einfluss der Motivation auf Stress : stresst es, wenn eigene Ziel und Aufgabenstellung nicht zueinander passen? |
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Autor: | Schwab, Sebastian; Wolf, Oliver T.; Memmert, Daniel |
Erschienen in: | Stress |
Veröffentlicht: | 18 (2015), 5, S. 597-601, Lit. |
Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
Medienart: | Elektronische Ressource (online) Gedruckte Ressource |
Sprache: | Englisch |
ISSN: | 1025-3890, 1607-8888 |
DOI: | 10.3109/10253890.2015.1053453 |
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Erfassungsnummer: | PU201607004763 |
Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract
The present research elaborates on the regulatory fit hypothesis by investigating a biological stress marker in a motivational fit- and non-fit-situation. Recent stress theories lead to the assumption that the participants’ stress level in fit-situations remains constant or rather decreases, whereas under non-fit-conditions an increase of the stress activity is observed. We tested this hypothesis by assessment of salivary a-amylase (sAA), a saliva-based stress marker presumed to reflect noradrenergic activity. The results indicated that participants in a fit-situation show a decrease in sAA, whereas participants in a non-fit-situation demonstrate a contrary effect with an increase in sAA. These findings extend the concept of regulatory fit by illustrating that there are differences in sAA activity depending on whether participants are in a fit-situation. The experience of regulatory fit appears to be associated with a reduction of stress.