Journal of Psychiatry

Giovanni Messinaa

Publications

• Research Article
  Effects of Emotional Stress on Neuroendocrine and Autonomic Functions in Skydiving
  Author(s): Giovanni Messinaa, Anna AValenzano, Fiorenzo Moscatelli, Antonio I Triggiani, Laura Capranica, Antonietta Messina, Laura Piombino, Domenico Tafuri, Giuseppe Cibelli and Marcellino MondaGiovanni Messinaa, Anna AValenzano, Fiorenzo Moscatelli, Antonio I Triggiani, Laura Capranica, Antonietta Messina, Laura Piombino, Domenico Tafuri, Giuseppe Cibelli and Marcellino Monda
  
  By using a psycho-physiological approach we investigated the stress response during parachute jumping, a wellcharacterized stress model to study emotional and physical stress in humans. Besides the observation of hormone reactivity in response to such a short-term stressful event, this study focused on the correlations among competitive state anxiety components, hormonal and autonomic responses. Seven male sport-parachutists, aged 35.7 ± 17.5 years, took part in the study after giving their informed consent. Neuroendocrine and autonomic variables were measured 12 h before jumping (basal), within 60 s (jump) and 90 min after touching the ground (post-jump). Prior to boarding, participants were administered the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 (CSAI-2) questionnaire. Salivary cortisol (Cort) and α-amylase (A-A) concentrations were measured by spectrophotometry using co.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2378-5756.100028

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