Table 2.
Responses of Biological Measures Across Timepoints Prior to and Following Social Challenge
| M | SD | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sAA | ||||||||
| 1. Time 1 | 36.444 | 25.935 | – | |||||
| 2. Time 2 | 58.861 | 54.008 | .705*** | – | ||||
| 3. Time 3 | 67.868 | 65.952 | .738*** | .875*** | – | |||
| 4. Time 4 | 52.870 | 55.915 | .782*** | .822*** | .799*** | – | ||
| 5. Time 5 | 50.167 | 57.190 | .738*** | .773*** | .771*** | .930*** | – | |
| 6. Time 6 | 51.994 | 60.836 | .692*** | .624*** | .710*** | .779*** | .886*** | – |
| Cortisol | ||||||||
| 1. Time 1 | .199 | .0128 | 5.200 | |||||
| 2. Time 2 | .165 | 0.105 | .750*** | 5.351 | ||||
| 3. Time 3 | .213 | 0.166 | .341*** | .736*** | 4.591 | |||
| 4. Time 4 | .192 | 0.124 | .350*** | .669*** | .826*** | 6.099 | ||
| 5. Time 5 | .164 | 0.093 | .259*** | .532*** | .536*** | .700*** | 4.537 | |
| 6. Time 6 | .158 | 0.109 | .283*** | .371*** | .231* | .411*** | .759*** | 6.133 |
| DHEAs | ||||||||
| 1. Time 1 | 1452.974 | 1329.762 | 4.778 | |||||
| 2. Time 2 | 1247.333 | 1152.718 | .857*** | 5.512 | ||||
| 3. Time 3 | 1456.000 | 1611.560 | .654*** | .643*** | 5.649 | |||
| 4. Time 4 | 1324.272 | 1245.300 | .792*** | .869*** | .710*** | 5.185 | ||
| 5. Time 5 | 1214.287 | 901.334 | .721*** | .820*** | .583*** | .822*** | 5.346 | |
| 6. Time 6 | 1371.024 | 1034.660 | .664*** | .746*** | .574*** | .766*** | .879*** | 4.691 |
| sCRP | ||||||||
| 1. Time 1 | 2636.667 | 2238.735 | 3.987 | |||||
| 2. Time 2 | 2703.578 | 2586.028 | .813*** | 3.876 | ||||
| 3. Time 3 | 2810.904 | 2536.557 | .789*** | .950*** | 4.320 | |||
| 4. Time 4 | 2963.850 | 3009.568 | .631*** | .634*** | .649*** | 4.080 | ||
| 5. Time 5 | 2787.710 | 3161.209 | .510*** | .438*** | .446*** | .945*** | 4.042 | |
| 6. Time 6 | 3030.887 | 3141.976 | .501*** | .481*** | .438*** | .909*** | .924*** | 3.681 |
| sNGF | ||||||||
| 1. Time 1 | 222.754 | 159.927 | 10.106 | |||||
| 2. Time 2 | 226.531 | 176.757 | .719*** | 13.539 | ||||
| 3. Time 3 | 241.173 | 183.106 | .721*** | .655*** | 13.201 | |||
| 4. Time 4 | 220.258 | 154.167 | .683*** | .693*** | .800*** | 12.726 | ||
| 5. Time 5 | 206.852 | 157.845 | .720*** | .648*** | .832*** | .839*** | 12.726 | |
| 6. Time 6 | 223.898 | 185.439 | .604*** | .548*** | .650*** | .729*** | .806*** | 12.740 |
Notes. Data show means, standard deviations, and bivariate correlations across the tasks. Six salivary samples were obtained: Time 1 = 10 minutes following the acclimation period, Time 2 = immediately before the TSST, Time 3 = immediately after the TSST performance, Time 4 = 15 min into recovery, Time 5 = 30 min into recovery, Time 6 = 60 min into recovery.
sAA=salivary alpha amylase (in U/m), cortisol=salivary cortisol (in μg/dL), DHEAs=dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate (in pg/mL), sCRP=salivary C-reactive protein (in pg/mL), sNGF=salivary nerve growth factor (in (pg/mL). Values on diagonals are intra-assay coefficients of variation (not available for sAA which was assayed in singlet). sNGF was assayed in triplicate.
p<.001,
p<.05.